noun🔗Share汚染The act or process of contaminating"The contamination of the water supply caused many people to get sick. "水道水の汚染が原因で、多くの人々が病気になりました。environmentmedicinesciencebiologychemistryprocesstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share汚染Something which contaminates."The spilled juice was a contamination that ruined the clean tablecloth. "こぼれたジュースは、きれいなテーブルクロスを台無しにした汚染だった。environmentmedicinesciencetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share汚染A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds."The contamination of "principal" and "principle" has caused some confusion in my son's school essays. "「principal」と「principle」の汚染は、息子の学校の論文に混乱を引き起こしました。languagelinguisticsphoneticswordprocesstoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share混交、汚染(etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning."The contamination of English vocabulary by French words is evident in many everyday terms. "フランス語の単語による英語語彙の汚染は、多くの日常的な用語で明らかです。languagelinguisticswordhistorytoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share汚染The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances."The spilled juice caused contamination of the school's new whiteboard, making it unusable. "こぼれたジュースが学校の新しいホワイトボードを汚染し、使用不能にしました。environmentmaterialsubstanceprocessmedicinebiologychemistrysciencetoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading