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mutate

[ myoo-teyt ]

verb (used with object)

mutated, mutating.
  1. to change; alter.
  2. Biology. to cause (a gene, cell, etc.) to undergo an alteration of one or more characteristics:

    The disease mutates the retina鈥檚 rod cells, and they slowly stop working.

  3. Phonetics. to change by umlaut.


verb (used without object)

mutated, mutating.
  1. to undergo change:

    It was a gamble to mutate from hard rock frontman to big band crooner, but he went seriously retro and won that bet in a huge way.

  2. Biology. (of a gene, cell, etc.) to undergo an alteration of one or more characteristics:

    Drug-resistant cells mutate more quickly and could migrate into surrounding tissue.

mutate

/ mju藧藞te瑟t瑟v; 藞mju藧t蓹t瑟v; mju藧藞te瑟t /

verb

  1. to undergo or cause to undergo mutation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • mutative, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘耻路迟补路迟颈惫别 [myoo, -t, uh, -tiv], adjective
  • non路尘耻路迟补路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • 耻苍路尘耻路迟补迟路别诲 adjective
  • un路尘耻路迟补路迟颈惫别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mutate1

First recorded in 1810鈥20; from Latin 尘奴迟腻迟耻蝉, past participle of 尘奴迟补谤别 鈥渢o change鈥; -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of mutate1

C19: from Latin 尘奴迟腻迟耻蝉 changed, from 尘奴迟腻谤别 to change
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G枚ransson absorbed his dad鈥檚 passions and mutated them into a personal obsession with Metallica, an electric descendant of the blues, in the process becoming a guitar player proficient in everything from thrash metal to jazz.

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Rasmussen said the worry now is that if H5N1 mutates to become transmissible between people, it鈥檒l be young children as well as the old and compromised who are likely to be most affected.

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While others have mutated or stayed the same.

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Soon, the group chat mutated into a tournament series and community called Please Be Nice.

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However, the concern is that the virus could mutate to become more contagious and dangerous.

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