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PRONUNCIATION OF PARASITISE

parasitise  [ˈpærəsɪˌtaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARASITISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parasitise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb parasitise in English.

WHAT DOES PARASITISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

parasitise

Parasitism

Parasitism is a non-mutual symbiotic relationship between species, where one species, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host. Traditionally parasite referred primarily to organisms visible to the naked eye, or macroparasites. Parasite now includes microparasites, which are typically smaller, such as viruses and bacteria. Some examples of parasites include the plants mistletoe and cuscuta, and animals such as hookworms. Unlike predators, parasites do not kill their host, are generally much smaller than their host, and will often live in or on their host for an extended period. Both are special cases of consumer-resource interactions. Parasites show a high degree of specialization, and reproduce at a faster rate than their hosts. Classic examples of parasitism include interactions between vertebrate hosts and tapeworms, flukes, the Plasmodium species, and fleas. Parasitism differs from the parasitoid relationship because parasitoids generally kill their hosts.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PARASITISE

PRESENT

Present
I parasitise
you parasitise
he/she/it parasitises
we parasitise
you parasitise
they parasitise
Present continuous
I am parasitising
you are parasitising
he/she/it is parasitising
we are parasitising
you are parasitising
they are parasitising
Present perfect
I have parasitised
you have parasitised
he/she/it has parasitised
we have parasitised
you have parasitised
they have parasitised
Present perfect continuous
I have been parasitising
you have been parasitising
he/she/it has been parasitising
we have been parasitising
you have been parasitising
they have been parasitising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I parasitised
you parasitised
he/she/it parasitised
we parasitised
you parasitised
they parasitised
Past continuous
I was parasitising
you were parasitising
he/she/it was parasitising
we were parasitising
you were parasitising
they were parasitising
Past perfect
I had parasitised
you had parasitised
he/she/it had parasitised
we had parasitised
you had parasitised
they had parasitised
Past perfect continuous
I had been parasitising
you had been parasitising
he/she/it had been parasitising
we had been parasitising
you had been parasitising
they had been parasitising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will parasitise
you will parasitise
he/she/it will parasitise
we will parasitise
you will parasitise
they will parasitise
Future continuous
I will be parasitising
you will be parasitising
he/she/it will be parasitising
we will be parasitising
you will be parasitising
they will be parasitising
Future perfect
I will have parasitised
you will have parasitised
he/she/it will have parasitised
we will have parasitised
you will have parasitised
they will have parasitised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been parasitising
you will have been parasitising
he/she/it will have been parasitising
we will have been parasitising
you will have been parasitising
they will have been parasitising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would parasitise
you would parasitise
he/she/it would parasitise
we would parasitise
you would parasitise
they would parasitise
Conditional continuous
I would be parasitising
you would be parasitising
he/she/it would be parasitising
we would be parasitising
you would be parasitising
they would be parasitising
Conditional perfect
I would have parasitise
you would have parasitise
he/she/it would have parasitise
we would have parasitise
you would have parasitise
they would have parasitise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been parasitising
you would have been parasitising
he/she/it would have been parasitising
we would have been parasitising
you would have been parasitising
they would have been parasitising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you parasitise
we let´s parasitise
you parasitise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to parasitise
Past participle
parasitised
Present Participle
parasitising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARASITISE


desensitise
diːˈsensɪˌtaɪz
desensitize
diːˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz
digitize
ˈdɪdʒɪˌtaɪz
hypersensitise
ˌhaɪpəˈsensɪˌtaɪz
hypersensitize
ˌhaɪpəˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz
hyposensitise
ˌhaɪpəʊˈsensɪˌtaɪz
hyposensitize
ˌhaɪpəʊˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz
monetize
ˈmʌnɪˌtaɪz
parasitize
ˈpærəsɪˌtaɪz
phagocytise
ˈfæɡəsɪˌtaɪz
phagocytize
ˈfæɡəsɪˌtaɪz
photosensitise
ˌfəʊtəʊˈsensɪˌtaɪz
photosensitize
ˌfəʊtəʊˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz
prioritize
praɪˈɒrɪˌtaɪz
radiosensitise
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz
radiosensitize
ˌraɪdɪəʊˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz
resensitise
riːˈsensɪˌtaɪz
resensitize
riːˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz
sensitise
ˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz
sensitize
ˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARASITISE

parasite resistance
parasitic
parasitic male
parasitic oscillation
parasitical
parasitically
parasiticalness
parasiticidal
parasiticide
parasitisation
parasitism
parasitization
parasitize
parasitoid
parasitologic
parasitological
parasitologist
parasitology
parasitoses
parasitosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARASITISE

advertise
albitise
climatise
commoditise
definitise
dolomitise
expertise
graphitise
monetise
mortise
mylonitise
practise
prioritise
privatise
propylitise
sanitise
securitise
subitise
treatise
unitise

Synonyms and antonyms of parasitise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parasitise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARASITISE

Find out the translation of parasitise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parasitise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parasitise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寄生于
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parasitise
570 millions of speakers

English

parasitise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

parasitise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

parasitise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

parasitise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parasitam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

parasitise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parasitent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parasitise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

parasitieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

parasitise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

parasitise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parasitise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

parasitise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

parasitise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परजीवी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

balıklarda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parassitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parasitise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

parasitise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parasitise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράσιτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parasiteer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parasitera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parasitise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parasitise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARASITISE»

The term «parasitise» is used very little and occupies the 180.023 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARASITISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «parasitise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «parasitise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parasitise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARASITISE»

Discover the use of parasitise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parasitise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Marine Parasitology
... them also include species parasitic on non-marine birds: species of Colpocephalum and Austromenopon parasitise birds in 11 and four avian orders, respectively; species of Actornithophilus parasitise birds in 11 families of Charadriiformes, ...
Klaus Rohde, 2005
2
Diseases and Pathogens of Eucalypts
Mistletoes are shrubby angiosperms in the Santalales that parasitise the aerial stems of perennial plants. About 1400 species occur almost worldwide and they are most diverse in the tropics. As tree parasites, they cause severe damage to ...
PJ Keane, GA Kile, FD Podger, 2000
3
Game-Theoretical Models in Biology
All U Parasitise All W All V FIGURE 18.5: Optimal strategies for F,, (leaving, parasitising or superparasitising) when alone on the patch after F, has already left, where the point (u,v,w) represents the proportion of larvae unparasitised, ...
Mark Broom, Jan Rychtar, 2013
4
The Entropy of Capitalism
One of the main lessons of our earlier analysis has been the system's adaptation to parasitise upon the symptoms of its decay, to develop symbiotically with its own chaos: as in the informalisation of the military and so many other features.
Robert Biel, 2011
5
Coastal Plants: A Guide to the Identification and ...
Seeds germinate with the first rains and quickly parasitise a range of species; however, the most common host is the weed Trachyandra divaricata, although the species will also parasitise native pigface, Carpobrotus virescens. Flowers ...
Kingsley Dixon, 2011
6
Environmental Biology
In general, animals parasitise plants or other animals and plants parasitise plants (Plate 17.3), but plants are sometimes parasitic on animals. Orchid pollination by sexual deception is one case where plants might be considered to parasitise ...
Mike Calver, Alan Lymbery, Jennifer McComb, 2009
7
21st Century Guidebook to Fungi with CD
... to damage the host. There is one remaining point that we've not addressed so far: namely, that fungi also parasitise other fungi. As fungi and animals are each other's closest relatives, this seems like a reasonable place to deal with this topic.
David Moore, Geoffrey D. Robson, Anthony P. J. Trinci, 2011
8
Principles Of Microbiology:M&S
Haustoria may be variously shaped (Fig. 11.8). Knob-like haustoria Elongated haustorium Branched haustorium Figure 11.8 Types of haustoria Some fungi even parasitise the mycelia of other fungi without causing damage to the host.
R S. Mehrotra, 2009
9
Identifying British Insects and Arachnids: An Annotated ...
These phoretic scelionids ride on the body of the adult whose eggs they parasitise, and alight while the insect is ovipositing in order to be able to parasitise freshly laid eggs (Clausen, 1940). Female scelionids oviposit into the eggs in almost ...
Peter C. Barnard, 1999
10
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Of these, G. rostochiensis, G. pallida (the 2 potato cyst nematodes), G. leptonepia (G. S. Cobb & Taylor, 1953) Behrens, 1975, and G. tabacum (Lownsbery & Lownsbery, 1954) Behrens, 1975 parasitise solanaceous plants; G. achilleae ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARASITISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parasitise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
15 Asian fintech startups worth looking at
Mikko is surely “offline genius” – because of a very weak banking system in the Philippines he had to learn how to “parasitise” on nonbank ... «Tech in Asia, Jul 15»
2
'Vampire' plants can have positive impact on food chain
... to increase the diversity of other plants in the community by suppressing the dominant species they parasitise and so allowing other plants to ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
3
This Is What Happens To Your Body After You Die
The presence of flies attracts predators such as skin beetles, mites, ants, wasps and spiders, which then feed on or parasitise the flies' eggs ... «Gizmodo Australia, May 15»
4
The biosecurity threats to the New Zealand economy
But a few years back, a South American rust found its way to Australia and turned out to be a super-fungus, happy to parasitise any myrtle ... «Stuff.co.nz, Apr 15»
5
Fortitude creator Simon Donald answers some burning questions …
... said that the really interesting thing about parasites is when they parasitise a host that they haven't evolved to co-exist with. That is when you ... «Radio Times, Apr 15»
6
Woman has huge bot fly larvae removed from her lip (video)
The human bot fly, Dermatobia hominis, is the only species of bot fly known to parasitise humans routinely. Bot flies deposit eggs on a host, ... «AOL Travel UK, Mar 15»
7
A Point of View: Has the world become too visual?
... long since took a different evolutionary path, opting to parasitise directly on the human mind, rather than troubling with its perceptual objects. «BBC News, Feb 15»
8
PETA, Ferguson, jihad, Doctor Who, rape, and kitten pics: the …
... solely to parasitise that one spider species, and the parasites host parasites who have evolved for millions of years solely to parasitise them. «New Statesman, Jan 15»
9
Pest & Disease Management - Downy mildews on field crops
They invade foliage and parasitise leaf tissue cells, producing asexually reproductive structures through the stomata. They tolerate a wide ... «Horticulture Week, Oct 14»
10
The health service needs more than a bag of grapes to get better
... of UK Plc have paid all their hardworking lives for crony corporations to plunder and parasitise is the central plank of neoliberal orthodoxy. «The Guardian, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Parasitise [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/parasitise>. Apr 2024 ».
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