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mutate
[ myoo-teyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to change; alter.
- Biology. to cause (a gene, cell, etc.) to undergo an alteration of one or more characteristics:
The disease mutates the retina’s rod cells, and they slowly stop working.
- Phonetics. to change by umlaut.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
- 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
/ mjuːˈteɪtɪv; ˈmjuːtətɪv; mjuːˈteɪt /
verb
- to undergo or cause to undergo mutation
Derived Forms
- mutative, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ٲ·پ [myoo, -t, uh, -tiv], adjective
- non··ٲ·پ adjective
- ܲ··ٲ· adjective
- un··ٲ·پ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of mutate1
Example Sentences
Göransson absorbed his dad’s 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.
Rasmussen said the worry now is that if H5N1 mutates to become transmissible between people, it’ll be young children as well as the old and compromised who are likely to be most affected.
While others have mutated or stayed the same.
Soon, the group chat mutated into a tournament series and community called Please Be Nice.
However, the concern is that the virus could mutate to become more contagious and dangerous.
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