Pollute Meaning
/pəˈluːt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
verbTo make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
Sentence Examples
Some factories pollute the environment.
We ought to do our best not to pollute our environment.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Companies that ____ the environment with harmful chemicals should clean up their waste.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Industrial waste dumped into the river began to ____ the water supply for downstream communities.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”).
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Companies that ____ the environment with harmful chemicals should clean up their waste.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Industrial waste dumped into the river began to ____ the water supply for downstream communities.