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saturate
verb (FILL) /ˈsæt.jʊ.reɪt/
/-jʊr.eɪt/ Definition
› [T] to fill a thing or place completely so that no more can be added: The police saturated (= a large number of police officers were sent into) the area.Filling and completing saturate the market › to provide too much of a product so that there is more of this product available than there are people who want to buy it: Since the US market has now been saturated, drug dealers are looking to Europe.Economics and the state of the economy saturation
/ˌsæt.jʊˈreɪ.ʃən/
/-jʊr-/ noun [U] › market saturationFull
/-jʊr-/ noun [U] › market saturationFull(Definition of saturate verb (FILL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- brim verb
- crowd (sth) into sth phrasal verb
- crowd sb/sth out phrasal verb
- fill sb up phrasal verb
- filling noun
- flood verb (ARRIVE)
- occupancy noun
- occupy verb (FILL)
- overran
- overrun verb (FILL)
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- plug verb (FILL HOLE)
- squeeze noun (SPACE)
- stuffing noun (MATERIAL)
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