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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERFORATE

From Latin perforāre, from per- through + forāre to pierce.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERFORATE

perforate  [ˈpɜːfəˌreɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERFORATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perforate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb perforate in English.

WHAT DOES PERFORATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Perforation

A perforation is a small hole in a thin material or web. There is usually more than one perforation in an organized fashion, where all of the holes are called a perforation. The process of creating perforations is called perforating, which involves puncturing the workpiece with a tool. Perforations are usually used to allow easy separation of two sections of the material, such as allowing paper to be torn easily along the line. Packaging with perforations in paperboard or plastic film is easy for consumers to open. Other purposes include filtrating fluids, sound deadening, allowing light or fluids to pass through, and to create an aesthetic design. Various applications include plastic films to allow the packages to breathe, medical films, micro perforated plate and sound and vapor barriers.

Definition of perforate in the English dictionary

The first definition of perforate in the dictionary is to make a hole or holes in ; penetrate. Other definition of perforate is to punch rows of holes between for ease of separation. Perforate is also pierced by small holes.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PERFORATE

PRESENT

Present
I perforate
you perforate
he/she/it perforates
we perforate
you perforate
they perforate
Present continuous
I am perforating
you are perforating
he/she/it is perforating
we are perforating
you are perforating
they are perforating
Present perfect
I have perforated
you have perforated
he/she/it has perforated
we have perforated
you have perforated
they have perforated
Present perfect continuous
I have been perforating
you have been perforating
he/she/it has been perforating
we have been perforating
you have been perforating
they have been perforating
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 perforated
you perforated
he/she/it perforated
we perforated
you perforated
they perforated
Past continuous
I was perforating
you were perforating
he/she/it was perforating
we were perforating
you were perforating
they were perforating
Past perfect
I had perforated
you had perforated
he/she/it had perforated
we had perforated
you had perforated
they had perforated
Past perfect continuous
I had been perforating
you had been perforating
he/she/it had been perforating
we had been perforating
you had been perforating
they had been perforating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you perforate
we let´s perforate
you perforate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to perforate
Past participle
perforated
Present Participle
perforating
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 PERFORATE


accelerate
ækˈsɛləˌreɪt
biforate
ˈbaɪfəˌreɪt
camphorate
ˈkæmfəˌreɪt
collaborate
kəˈlæbəˌreɪt
commemorate
kəˈmɛməˌreɪt
cooperate
kəʊˈɒpəˌreɪt
decorate
ˈdɛkəˌreɪt
degenerate
dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
desulphurate
diːˈsʌlfəˌreɪt
deteriorate
dɪˈtɪərɪəˌreɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
incorporate
ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
liberate
ˈlɪbəˌreɪt
operate
ˈɒpəˌreɪt
phosphorate
ˈfɒsfəˌreɪt
proliferate
prəˈlɪfəˌreɪt
regenerate
rɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
separate
ˈsɛpəˌreɪt
tolerate
ˈtɒləˌreɪt
vociferate
vəʊˈsɪfəˌreɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERFORATE

perforable
perforans
perforant
perforated
perforated tape
perforated ulcer
perforation
perforation gauge
perforations
perforative
perforator
perforatory
perforce
perform
performability
performable
performance
performance anxiety
performance appraisal
performance art

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERFORATE

accurate
ameliorate
body corporate
borate
collectorate
corporate
corroborate
directorate
doctorate
elaborate
electorate
evaporate
governorate
imperforate
inspectorate
invigorate
meliorate
potassium chlorate
prorate
protectorate
stercorate

Synonyms and antonyms of perforate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERFORATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «perforate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of perforate

Translation of «perforate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERFORATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

穿孔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perforar
570 millions of speakers

English

perforate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छेदना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خرم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перфорации
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perfurar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিঁধ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perforer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merebak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

perforieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

穴を開ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

천공
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perforate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khoan lổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துளைத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छिद्रे पाडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

delmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perforare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dziurawić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перфорації
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perfora
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διάτρητο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

perforeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

perforera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjennomhulle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perforate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERFORATE»

The term «perforate» is regularly used and occupies the 103.008 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERFORATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «perforate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «perforate» 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 perforate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERFORATE»

Discover the use of perforate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perforate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Guide To English Grammar: Conjugation of Verbs Volume 3
A. Guide. to. English. Grammar: Perforate. (a) Active Voices 1. Indicative Mood Present Tense Singular Plural 1. I perforate 1. We perforate 2. You perforate 2. You perforate 3. He/she/it perforates 3. They perforate Past Tense Singular Plural 1.
Bessie Brooks, 2013
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Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, ...
Before a bullet can cause a significant injury, it must be able to perforate skin. Skin differs from other tissue in that a relatively high initial velocity is necessary for a bullet to effect perforation. Knowledge of this velocity is important to the forensic ...
Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D., 1998
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The Osage and the Invisible World: From the Works of Francis ...
56 When we perforate this skin upon that youth, 57 It shall be easy for us to do our perforating, as we travel the path of life, O younger brothers, they said to one another. 58 Upon what shall we perforate this skin? they said, it has been said, ...
Garrick Bailey, Francis La Flesche, 1999
4
Advances in the Study of Peromyscus (Rodentia)
1938 P. mamculatus Frequent coitus 49 McCabe and Blanchard, 1950 P. mamculatus Minimum age at first conception 90 Millar, 1982 P. mamculatus Median age at first perforate 32 Lombardi and Whitsett, 1980 P. mamculatus Minimum age ...
Gordon L. Kirkland, James Nathaniel Layne, 1989
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Modern Foraminifera
Figure 3.10 The sequence of chamber formation in the calcareous perforate species Ammonia tepida. A. Juvenile with three chambers. B. Construction of a cyst that includes foreign materials over the region where the fourth chamber will form ...
Barun K. Sen Gupta, 2002
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Fossil Scleractinian Corals from James Ross Basin, Antarctica
Again, T. kitsoni [exteriorly pitted theca] is specially characteristic of certain Eocene beds antecedent in age to those from which the closely allied forms T. complanatus [perforate theca] and T. lateroplenus [perforate theca] have been recorded.
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Nitrogen Oxides—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 ...
Cylindrical steel meshes may be used. By the term 'steel' we mean suitable high- temperature stable alloys, including non-Fe-based alloys such as Ni-based materials. In a preferred embodiment, one or both perforate members comprise one ...
‎2013
8
Pollen Terminology: An illustrated handbook
LM Acer pseudoplatanus Sapindaceae striate, perforate Potentilla inclinata Rosaceae striate, perforate Datura suaveolens Solanaceae Prunus avium Rosaceae dry pollen Veronica cinerea Scrophulariaceae striate, perforate Gentiana lutea ...
Michael Hesse, Heidemarie Halbritter, Martina Weber, 2009
9
Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World
(8 cm) Reproduction: Vegetative fragmentation Habitat: Small hills of drained sand Range: Florida Florida perforate cladonia is a lichen, which is a complex plant made up of a fungus and an alga. These plants do not produce flowers, nor do ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2001
10
Upper Necaxa Totonac Dictionary
... (vt) perforate sth, penetrate sth (rarely used without a meronymic prefix) Ο na' kla'has 'a"taja:' lhu 'ku:nl':' 'I'm going to plug where it got perforated' (CF) § a'kpu: 1h1'1'ku:' (adj) having a hole in the top § cha:'1hu'kl'1: (vt) 1) drill into sth long ...
David Beck, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERFORATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perforate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Medical College researchers start medical-test company, Tai, in …
Also, the biopsies cost tens of thousands of dollars, can accidentally perforate heart valves and are traumatic, especially to children, he said. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Watercolors Brought To Life
Remember that time J.M.W. Turner grew a thumbnail long enough to be almost grotesque, to perforate the paper and lift the paint into an effect ... «New Haven Independent, Jul 15»
3
LOOK: What new Philippine e-passports will look like
... visa page to prevent VISA page tampering, and laser perforation for the unique document number perforate on the passport's inside pages. «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
4
Precious coal mine and yours
Seems so, because there's Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce claiming the mine would “perforate an aquifer” and saying his own government's ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
5
The Gritty Details of El Chapos Escape
To begin with, how does the excavation of a clandestine tunnel perforate the floor of a maximum-security prison without any alarms being ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
6
'Fine-Particulate Matter' From WildFire Smoke Instigates Cardiac …
Wildfire smoke can be primarily poisonous due to small sized particles that allow it to perforate way down into the lungs. “Given the increased ... «Empire State Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Fashion-conscious young really are being led by the nose
Septum piercing, a practice once reserved for the farmyard, and the occasional punk who had run out of body parts to perforate, has become a ... «The Times, Jul 15»
8
Riba Stirling Prize 2015 shortlist: Which of these six is Britain's best …
The judges say: "The surrounding perforate wall of handmade Danish brick offers a degree of separation from the nearby hospital grounds. «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
9
Dynamic Materials Schedules Second Quarter Earnings Release …
... an international developer, manufacturer and marketer of advanced explosive components and systems used to perforate oil and gas wells. «CNNMoney, Jul 15»
10
Gardening: Survival guide for drought
... habit by watering less frequently, but longer and making sure the water penetrates by using a garden fork to lightly perforate the soil surface. «Maple Ridge News, Jul 15»

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