verb

ventilate

VEHN-tih-layt

verb

To let fresh air circulate through a space, replacing stale or stagnant air.

"Open a window to ventilate the room while you paint."

To provide mechanical breathing assistance to a patient who cannot breathe adequately on their own.

"The patient had to be ventilated for several days after the surgery."

To bring an idea, opinion, or grievance out into the open for discussion.

"The committee ventilated the proposal before putting it to a vote."

How to Use Ventilate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo let fresh air in and stale air out, or (medically) to help someone breathe with a machine.

Common pairings

ventilate a room mechanically ventilated ventilate a grievance

ventilated past tense, ventilates singular

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From Latin ventilātus, past participle of ventilāre ("to fan, to expose to air").

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