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Definition of mutate
mutated
;mutating
intransitive verb
: to undergo mutation
transitive verb
: to cause to undergo mutation
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Examples of mutate in a Sentence
a disease that mutates genes in humans
a group of mutated genes
Over time, her feelings mutated from hatred into love.
opera singers mutating into pop stars
Recent Examples of mutate from the Web
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What was once a slithery straightforward monster movie in space has mutated into an impressively ambitious but overly ornate saga with a general sense of deja vu.
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Agnes, which became a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico before reverting to a tropical storm, later merged with another system and mutated into a destructive rainstorm, doing much of its damage long after it was stripped of hurricane status.
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As a culture, public health people are very worried about the Ebola virus and the viruses that mutate.
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The experiment will study the effects of space radiation on DNA, specifically the rate at which DNA mutates in the space environment, which could have implications for long-duration human spaceflight.
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So Diana wondered if she’d sometimes mutated, in his imagination, into the conflation and the cause of all his little castrations, the leering source of everything that smote and failed him.
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Countering antibiotic guilt Bacteria exist in astronomical numbers, mutate often and freely swap genes with others, even between species.
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Once Sedaris reaches Chicago, the diaries shift and mutate.
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Dr. Stitziel and his colleagues scanned Mrs. Feurer’s coronary arteries and those of two siblings who also had two mutated ANGPTL3 genes.
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Origin and Etymology of mutate
Latin mutatus, past participle of mutare
MUTATE Defined for English Language Learners
mutate
playDefinition of mutate for English Language Learners
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biology : to cause (a gene) to change and create an unusual characteristic in a plant or animal : to cause mutation in (a gene)
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: to change and cause an unusual characteristic to develop in a plant or animal
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: to change into something very different
MUTATE Defined for Kids
mutate
playDefinition of mutate for Students
mutated
;mutating
: to undergo genetic mutation
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