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noun
The act of penetrating something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The act of progressing or moving forward through or into something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling, in contrast to the total number of cards/decks in play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: blackjack, games
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noun
The proportion of the target audience who buy or use the specified product or service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, marketing
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noun
the act of entering into or through something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming
Narrower terms: interpenetration, permeation, market penetration
noun
the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge
noun
an attack that penetrates into enemy territory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: incursion
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Broader terms: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
Narrower terms: interpenetration, breakthrough, invasion, infiltration, foray, raid, maraud
noun
the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: depth, deepness
noun
the ability to make way into or through something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ability
noun
clear or deep perception of a situation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: insight
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Broader terms: perception
History
From Middle English penetracioun, from Old French penetracïon, and its source, Latin penetrātiō, from the participle stem of penetrō (“pierce”, verb). Morphologically penetrate + -ion.
Across languages
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
