Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to evaporate
Participle: evaporated
Gerund: evaporating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | evaporate |
| you | evaporate |
| he;she;it | evaporates |
| we | evaporate |
| you | evaporate |
| they | evaporate |
Perfect
| I | have evaporated |
| you | have evaporated |
| he;she;it | has evaporated |
| we | have evaporated |
| you | have evaporated |
| they | have evaporated |
Past
| I | evaporated |
| you | evaporated |
| he;she;it | evaporated |
| we | evaporated |
| you | evaporated |
| they | evaporated |
Pluperfect
| I | had evaporated |
| you | had evaporated |
| he;she;it | had evaporated |
| we | had evaporated |
| you | had evaporated |
| they | had evaporated |
Future
| I | will evaporate |
| you | will evaporate |
| he;she;it | will evaporate |
| we | will evaporate |
| you | will evaporate |
| they | will evaporate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have evaporated |
| you | will have evaporated |
| he;she;it | will have evaporated |
| we | will have evaporated |
| you | will have evaporated |
| they | will have evaporated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | evaporate |
| you | evaporate |
| he;she;it | evaporate |
| we | evaporate |
| you | evaporate |
| they | evaporate |
Perfect
| I | have evaporated |
| you | have evaporated |
| he;she;it | have evaporated |
| we | have evaporated |
| you | have evaporated |
| they | have evaporated |
Imperfect
| I | evaporated |
| you | evaporated |
| he;she;it | evaporated |
| we | evaporated |
| you | evaporated |
| they | evaporated |
Pluperfect
| I | had evaporated |
| you | had evaporated |
| he;she;it | had evaporated |
| we | had evaporated |
| you | had evaporated |
| they | had evaporated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would evaporate |
| you | would evaporate |
| he;she;it | would evaporate |
| we | would evaporate |
| you | would evaporate |
| they | would evaporate |
Perfect
| I | would have evaporated |
| you | would have evaporated |
| he;she;it | would have evaporated |
| we | would have evaporated |
| you | would have evaporated |
| they | would have evaporated |
Imperative
| you | evaporate |
| we | Let's evaporate |
| you | evaporate |
Verbs conjugated like 'evaporate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'evaporate'
evapourate,
vaporate,
coevaporate,
elaborate,
pervaporate,
reevaporate,
adorate,
corporate,
emacerate,
envigorate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- dehydrate
- desiccate, parch, dehumidify, dry, concentrate
- vanish
- dissolve, disappear, fade
- vaporize
- diffuse, dissipate, gasify, steam, distill
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1545, borrowed from Latin ēvapōrātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvapōrō (“to evaporate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English evaporaten (“to draw off humors or "spirits" as "vapor"”) and evaporen (“to draw off bodily fluid, an excess or toxic matter by converting it into "vapor"; to treat (a part of the body) by drawing off toxic matter converted into "vapor"”). Participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Sample Sentences
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When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second. [2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times:]
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McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life. [2025 January 29, Ashley Strickland, “Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say”, in CNN:]
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to evaporate apples
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[M]y lord of Eſſex choſe to evaporate his thoughts in a Sonnet (being his common vvay) to be ſung before the Queen, […] [c. 1635 (date written), Henry Wotton, “Of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham: Some Observations by Way of Parallel in the Time of Their Estates of Favour”, in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ. Or, A Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems; […], London: […] Thomas Maxey, for R[ichard] Marriot, G[abriel] Bedel, and T[imothy] Garthwait, published 1651, →OCLC, page 8:]
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Near-synonym: go up in smoke
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To give moderate liberty for griefs to evaporate […] is a safe way. [1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:]
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The hosts initially looked like they lacked a spring in their step, but fears of further agony evaporated in the seventh minute with a goal of typical Arsenal quality. [2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 – 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC Sport:]
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That can make A.I. feel like something of a Catch-22 for workers: If the technology succeeds in reshaping the economy, they could lose their jobs. If it fails to live up to the hype, their retirement savings could evaporate. [2026 June 13, Ben Casselman, “Wages Are Falling. Wealth Is Surging. No Wonder Americans Are Unhappy.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
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There won’t be a funeral. You’ll never find my body. […] I’ll just evaporate somewhere, hidden away from all eyes, watching as my body goes back to wherever it once came from, which is the ether. [2026 June 13, Andrew Stafford, quoting Lydia Lunch, “Lydia Lunch: ‘There won’t be a funeral. You’ll never find my body’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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Gay people have belabored on this issue far too long and far too hard to allow the efforts of years to be evaporated through this obscene ruling. Our fights will continue, if not in the courts, then in the legislatures. [1976 April 10, “Now What?”, in Gay Community News, page 4:]