adj
Meaning 1
Network-like in form or appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
reticulate
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈtɪkjʊlət/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈtɪkjələt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪ-/
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General-American: /ɹəˈtɪkjələt/
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General-American: /ɹəˈtɪkjulət/
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General-American: /ɹi-/
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rhymes with -ɪkjʊlɪt
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈtɪkjʊˌleɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹəˈtɪkjəˌleɪt/
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General-American: /ɹəˈtɪkjəˌleɪt/
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General-American: /ɹəˈtɪkjuˌleɪt/
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rhymes with -ɪkjʊleɪt
verb
Meaning 2
To distribute or move via a network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To divide into or form a network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To create a network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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adjective
Meaning 5
resembling or forming a network
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the reticulate veins of a leaf
- a reticulated highway system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reticular
Antonyms: nonreticulate
verb
Meaning 6
divide so as to form a network
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: form
verb
Meaning 7
distribute by a network, as of water or electricity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: distribute
verb
Meaning 8
form a net or a network
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: change
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мрежест (mrežest) — network-like
- Czech: síťkovaný — network-like
- Finnish: verkkomainen — network-like
- German: netzartig — network-like
- German: netzförmig — network-like
- German: netzähnlich — network-like
- German: retikulär — network-like
- Polish: siatkowaty — network-like
- German: vernetzen — to divide into, form or create a network
- German: netzförmig anlegen — to divide into, form or create a network
- German: retikulieren — to divide into, form or create a network
- Polish: siatkować — to divide into, form or create a network
- Polish: posiatkować — to divide into, form or create a network