26984 words

saturated

6 definitions • 7 examples
1

Examples:

It's pouring down outside - I'm absolutely saturated!
The drainage system prevents the soil from becoming saturated.
2
completely filled with something so that no more can be added:

Examples:

Even with 10,000 users, the server is not saturated.
The airwaves are saturated with advertising.
3
If the market for a product is saturated, there is more of the product available than there are people who want to buy it. :

Examples:

With western markets more or less saturated, international phone companies are looking to the developing world.
The company operated in a competitive and heavily saturated environment.
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Examples:

He covered large canvases with vigorous brushstrokes and blooms of saturated colour.
5
containing all of a substance that can be absorbed
6
Saturated also describes a hydrocarbon in which the carbon atoms are joined to as many hydrogen atoms as possible.

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