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durchbringen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dissipation noun The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

Senses

durchbringen is used for these senses in English:

  • dissipation A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
  • run through (transitive, idiomatic) To use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money.

dissipation — full definition

  1. noun The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
  2. noun A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
  3. noun A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
  4. noun A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.

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