ventilate
verb /ˈventɪleɪt/
/ˈventɪleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ventilate | /ˈventɪleɪt/ /ˈventɪleɪt/ |
| he / she / it ventilates | /ˈventɪleɪts/ /ˈventɪleɪts/ |
| past simple ventilated | /ˈventɪleɪtɪd/ /ˈventɪleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle ventilated | /ˈventɪleɪtɪd/ /ˈventɪleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form ventilating | /ˈventɪleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈventɪleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to allow fresh air to enter and move around a room, building, etc.
- be ventilated (by something) The bathroom is ventilated by means of an extractor fan.
- The building is naturally ventilated.
- a well-ventilated room
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- adequately
- properly
- well
- …
- ventilate something (formal) to express your feelings or opinions publicly synonym airTopics Opinion and argumentc2
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘winnow, scatter’): from Latin ventilat- ‘blown, winnowed’, from the verb ventilare, from ventus ‘wind’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th cent.