inundate (verb)

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• inundate — ► VERB (usu. be inundated) 1) flood. 2) overwhelm with things to be dealt with. DERIVATIVES inundation noun. ORIGIN Latin inundare flood , from unda a wave …   English terms dictionary

• inundate — verb /ˈɪn.ən.deɪt/ a) To cover with large amounts of water; to flood. The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army. b) To overwhelm. The agency was inundated with phone calls …   Wiktionary

• inundate — I verb bury, deluge, drench, engulf, fill to superfluity, flood, flow over, glut, immerse, overflood, overflow, overspread, overwhelm, pour over, run over, rush upon, saturate, spill over, surge, swamp II index immerse (plunge into), load,… …   Law dictionary

• inundate — verb Inundate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑flood …   Collocations dictionary

• inundate — verb (T) be inundated a) to receive so much of something that you cannot easily deal with it all: After the broadcast, we were inundated with requests for more information. b) formal to be covered with water inundation noun (C, U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• inundate — verb 1) a flood inundated the temple Syn: flood, deluge, overrun, swamp, drown, submerge, engulf 2) we have been inundated with complaints Syn: overwhelm, overrun, overload, bog down …   Thesaurus of popular words

• inundate — UK [ˈɪnʌndeɪt] / US [ˈɪnənˌdeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms inundate : present tense I/you/we/they inundate he/she/it inundates present participle inundating past tense inundated past participle inundated 1) to send or provide much more of… …   English dictionary

• inundate — [[t]ɪ̱nʌndeɪt[/t]] inundates, inundating, inundated 1) VERB (emphasis) If you say that you are inundated with things such as letters, demands, or requests, you are emphasizing that you receive so many of them that you cannot deal with them all.… …   English dictionary

• inundate — transitive verb ( dated; dating) Etymology: Latin inundatus, past participle of inundare, from in + unda wave more at water Date: 1590 1. to cover with a flood ; overflow 2. overwhelm < was inundated with phone calls > • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• inundate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. flood, deluge. See water, sufficiency. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. submerge, engulf, deluge, overwhelm; see flood , immerse 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. flood, deluge, engulf, drown, swamp,… …   English dictionary for students

• inundate — in|un|date [ ınən,deıt ] verb transitive 1. ) to send or provide much more of something than someone can easily deal with: be inundated with/by something: We ve been inundated by calls from angry listeners. 2. ) FORMAL to cover an area of land… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English