Dictionary

stagnate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈstæɡneɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stāgnātus, past participle of stāgnō (“cover the land as a lake, stagnate”), from stāgnum (“pond, swamp”).

Meanings

1. Stagnant.

stagnate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈstæɡneɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stāgnātus, past participle of stāgnō (“cover the land as a lake, stagnate”), from stāgnum (“pond, swamp”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive, of water, qualifier:air; etc; air; etc) To cease motion, activity, or progress: ▸ To cease to flow or run.
   • If the water stagnates, algae will grow.
2. (intransitive, of water, qualifier:air; etc; air; etc) To cease motion, activity, or progress: ▸ To be or become foul from standing.
   • Air stagnates in a closed room.
3. (intransitive) To cease motion, activity, or progress: ▸ To cease to develop, advance, or change; to become idle.
   • Listening to what others say, especially to what they teach, prevents our minds stagnating, thus promoting mental growth into old age. 2003, Ernest Verity, Get Wisdom, →ISBN, page 434:
   • Ready-witted tenderness […] never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock:
4. (qualifier:water; air; water; air, transitive, usually) To stop the flowing or running of
   • These poor people cannot go to mountains in the later summer and the early autumn to escape the miasm, and no legislative body has any moral right by undertaking improvements, to stagnate the river marshes. 1894 August 31, “Report of the Board of Visitors of the Government Hospital for the Insane”, in 1894 Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior:
5. (transitive) To stop the development, advancement, or change of; to make idle.
   • The myths and values of history have determined our consciousness, have destroyed our wholeness, Mind, experienced as separate from and superior to the body has all but closed our senses and ultimately stagnated the mind. 1971, Jearld F. Moldenhauer, “Sweeping Statements”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 16:

Forms

Deriveds

stagnant · stagnation · stagnative · unstagnating

Synonyms

stand

Translations (24)

mk застојува ((intransitive) to cease activity) · bg бездействам ((intransitive) to cease activity) · bg застоявам се ((intransitive) to cease activity) · mi whakamārari ((intransitive) to cease activity) · fa راکد شدن ((intransitive) to cease activity) · it ristagnare ((intransitive) to cease activity) · hu megreked ((intransitive) to cease activity) · fr stagner ((intransitive) to cease activity) · el λιμνάζω ((intransitive) to cease activity) · hu pang ((intransitive) to cease activity) · gl estiñar ((intransitive) to cease activity) · mk стагнира ((intransitive) to cease activity) · pt estagnar ((intransitive) to cease activity) · gl estañar ((intransitive) to cease activity) · it fermare ((intransitive) to cease activity) · tyz ắng ((intransitive) to cease activity) · es estancar ((transitive)) · sv stagnera ((intransitive) to cease activity) · es estancarse ((intransitive) to cease activity) · ml കെട്ടിക്കിടക്കുക ((intransitive) to cease activity) · ta தேங்கு ((intransitive) to cease activity) · tyz ử ((intransitive) to cease activity) · hu stagnál ((intransitive) to cease activity) · de stagnieren ((intransitive) to cease activity)