violate

Other forms of violate

past tense

violated·

present participle

violating·

third person

violates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about violate

What does violate mean?

violate means "fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in violate?

violate has 3 syllables: vi-o-late. The stress falls on "vi". In IPA it is /ˈvaɪəleɪt/.

What is another word for violate?

Close synonyms include go against, break, transgress, offend, infract. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of violate?

The recorded antonyms are conform to.

Is violate a common word?

violate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.