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Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.
Edgard Varese

Meaning of "pulsate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PULSATE

From Latin pulsāre to push.
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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 PULSATE

pulsate  [pʌlˈseɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PULSATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pulsate 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 pulsate in English.

WHAT DOES PULSATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pulsate in the English dictionary

The first definition of pulsate in the dictionary is to expand and contract with a rhythmic beat; throb. Other definition of pulsate is to vary in intensity, magnitude, size, etc. Pulsate is also to quiver or vibrate.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PULSATE

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pulsate
we let´s pulsate
you pulsate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pulsate
Past participle
pulsated
Present Participle
pulsating
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 PULSATE


aglossate
əˈɡlɒseɪt
ansate
ˈænseɪt
compensate
ˈkɒmpɛnˌseɪt
condensate
kənˈdɛnseɪt
decompensate
diːˈkɒmpɛnˌseɪt
decussate
dɪˈkʌseɪt
extravasate
ɪkˈstrævəˌseɪt
fissate
ˈfɪseɪt
fixate
ˈfɪkseɪt
hydrolysate
haɪˈdrɒlɪˌseɪt
insensate
ɪnˈsɛnseɪt
intensate
ɪnˈtɛnseɪt
luxate
ˈlʌkseɪt
lysate
ˈlaɪseɪt
methotrexate
ˌmɛθəʊˈtrɛkseɪt
overcompensate
ˌəʊvəˈkɒmpɛnˌseɪt
pertusate
pəˈtjuːseɪt
sate
seɪt
sensate
ˈsɛnseɪt
tergiversate
ˈtɜːdʒɪvəˌseɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PULSATE

pulsant
pulsar
pulsatance
pulsatile
pulsatility
pulsatilla
pulsating
pulsating star
pulsation
pulsative
pulsatively
pulsator
pulsatory
pulse
pulse code modulation
pulse height analyser
pulse modulation
pulse rate
pulsebeat
pulsejet

WORDS THAT END LIKE PULSATE

apophysate
autolysate
bursate
dialysate
improvisate
incrassate
inspissate
irisate
marquessate
marquisate
paraglossate
paraphysate
perfusate
pyrolysate
vulcanisate

Synonyms and antonyms of pulsate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PULSATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pulsate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pulsate
beat · hammer · palpitate · pound · pulse · quiver · throb · thud · thump · tick · vibrate

Translation of «pulsate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PULSATE

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

Translator English - Chinese

有节奏地跳动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vibrar
570 millions of speakers

English

pulsate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धड़कना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خفق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пульсируют
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pulsar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্পন্দিত হত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

palpiter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pulsate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pulsieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脈動する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고동치다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pulsate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्फोटक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zonklamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pulsare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tętnić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пульсують
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pulsa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάλλονται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pulsera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pulsere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pulsate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PULSATE»

The term «pulsate» is normally little used and occupies the 114.936 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PULSATE» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «PULSATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pulsate.
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Edgard Varese
Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PULSATE»

Discover the use of pulsate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pulsate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
The same distinctions in implications and connotations are to be found in the nouns pulsation, pulse, beat, throb, palpitation when they are used of this rhythmical movement or of one distinct step in it. Pulsate and pulsation carry few specific or ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Text-book of Human Physiology, Including Histology and ...
In the latter event the ventricular beat sometimes precedes that of the auricles. If, now, the auriculo-ventricular junction be divided, the ventricle begins to pulsate, partly because the procedure stimulates Bidder's ganglion, and partly because ...
Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker, Augustus Adolph Eshner, 1905
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
valves which control the admission of motor fluid to nozzle-passages, a controller -nozzle for said valves, and a governor-shifted cam for oscillating said nozzle to pulsate said valves. 2. In a turbine, a plurality of full-load-supply valves, ...
United States. Patent Office, 1904
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Year books
Thus, Cassiopea will pulsate in a pure # normal NaCl solution for half an hour, but comes to rest in less than 2 minutes in a solution containing the amounts and proportions of NaCl and magnesium found in sea-water. The calcium of the ...
‎1905
5
Year Book - Carnegie Institution of Washington
Thus, Cassiopea will pulsate in a pure yi normal NaCl solution for half an hour, but comes to rest in less than 2 minutes in a solution containing the amounts and proportions of NaCI and magnesium found in sea-water. The calcium of the ...
Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1905
6
Foundations of Astronomy
What makes variable stars pulsate? Start with a stable star. You could make a stable star pulsate temporarily if you squeezed it and then released it. The star would rebound outward, and it might oscillate in and out for a few cycles, but the  ...
Michael Seeds, Dana Backman, 2012
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Year Book
Thus, Cassiopea will pulsate in a pure }i normal NaCl solution for half an hour, but comes to rest in less than 2 minutes in a solution containing the amounts and proportions of NaCl and magnesium found in sea-water. The calcium of the ...
‎1906
8
Collected reprints
Thus, Cassiopea will pulsate in a •pure yi normal NaCl solution for half an hour, but comes to rest in less than 2 minutes in a solution containing the amounts and proportions of NaCl and magnesium found in sea-water. The calcium of the ...
Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, 1906
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Stars and Galaxies
What makes variable stars pulsate? Start with a stable star. You could make a stable star pulsate temporarily if you squeezed it and then released it. The star would rebound outward, and it might oscillate in and out for a few cycles, but the  ...
Michael Seeds, Dana Backman, 2012
10
jQuery 2.0 Animation Techniques Beginner’s Guide
pulsate. effect. The pulsate effect fades the element inandoutof viewa specified number of times so that the targetelement appears to pulsate.Likemost ofthe effects we have looked at so far, it is easy to use and requires little or no configuration.
Adam Culpepper, Dan Wellman, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PULSATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pulsate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Frankenstein meat video: What caused a slab of raw beef to pulsate?
Appetites have been thrown into question since the release of a Frankenstein meat video (see below) showing a slab of 'beef' appearing to pulsate. «scallywagandvagabond, Jun 15»
2
Creepy moment a slab of raw beef appears to PULSATE!
Cheng, a local woman from Sishui county, Shandong Province was shocked to discover that the slab of beef she had just purchased appeared to be beating like ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
3
PULSATING beef found in China after it was taken home from butchers
... the raw steak when she noticed the disturbing movements and said it looked like it was 'still alive'. Creepy moment a slab of raw beef appears to PULSATE! «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
4
'PAN! Our Musical Odyssey' will make Silver Theatre pulsate
An enormous poster of the movie “Casablanca” looms over a desk as film producers Kim Johnson and Jean Michel Gilbert speak, via Skype, from Port of Spain ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
5
Nightclub Uniforms Pulsate to the Music
London's Wyld nightclub will soon feature staff wear LED lights on their clothing that pulsate to the venue's music. These LED lights move with the beats thanks ... «PSFK, Jun 15»
6
Paintings that pulsate with life
One of Malta's leading painters, Alfred Chircop, has set up another memorable exhibition of abstract paintings. The soon-to-be 82 year old will be celebrating not ... «Times of Malta, Feb 15»
7
'Golden stars' pulsate in a strange, non-chaotic way
The first stars known to pulsate in a fractal manner have been discovered by physicists in the US and Germany. According to the researchers, the variable stars ... «physicsworld.com, Feb 15»
8
Strange Stars Pulsate According to the "Golden Ratio"
A new study of variable stars observed by the Kepler space telescope found four stars that pulsate at frequencies whose ratio is near the irrational number ... «Scientific American, Feb 15»
9
PayPal and dunnhumby back mobile location marketing startup …
Dunnhumby was the company that helped launch the Tesco Clubcard 20 years ago. Dublin-based Pulsate provides an end-to-end context marketing platform ... «Techworld.com, Feb 15»
10
Context Marketing Startup Scores Big Name Backers
PayPal and dunnhumby Ventures are stepping up to back Pulsate in its efforts to “take a lead in the context marketing space.” And they were willing to plunk ... «Mobile Marketing Watch, Feb 15»

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