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    diffuse

    US /dɪˈfjuz/

    ・

    UK /dɪ'fju:z/

    B2
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo cause something to spread through a large area
    The light will diffuse into the room when the windows are opened

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    Taiwan Presidential Contender Ko on Cross-Strait Relations

    05:08Taiwan Presidential Contender Ko on Cross-Strait Relations
    • But how would you diffuse the tension across the strait with China as President?

      But how would you diffuse the tension across the strait with China as President?

    B1

    How To Get What You Want Every Time: ex FBI agent Chris Voss

    10:08How To Get What You Want Every Time: ex FBI agent Chris Voss
    • So as soon as you start the meeting, you can diffuse the negative by saying,

      So as soon as you start the meeting, you can diffuse the negative by saying,

    • If you did not diffuse the negative, your opponent would spend hours explaining how bad he feels.

      If you did not diffuse the negative, your opponent would spend hours explaining how bad he feels.

    B1

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters

    17:28A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
    • that the clearest summer air and brightest summer  sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in vain.

      that the clearest summer air and brightest summer  sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in vain.

    B2

    The Rise of AI in Factories

    08:38The Rise of AI in Factories
    • And when they diffuse through the economy, they affect workers more incrementally than severely.

      And when they diffuse through the economy, they affect workers more incrementally than severely.

    • and when they diffuse through the economy, they affect workers more incrementally than severely.

      and when they diffuse through the economy, they affect workers more incrementally than severely.

    B1

    SORRY! Why Canadians say “sorry” so much

    10:33SORRY! Why Canadians say “sorry” so much
    • But when you look at the roots of it, it's more to diffuse conflict.

      But when you look at the roots of it, it's more to diffuse conflict.

    • Diffuse conflict.

      Diffuse conflict.

    A2

    Art Improvement - 10 Minutes To Better Painting - Episode 8

    10:27Art Improvement - 10 Minutes To Better Painting - Episode 8
    • And it helps that this scene is washed in a diffuse type of light, rather than a direct sunlight or something.

      And it helps that this scene is washed in a diffuse type of light, rather than a direct sunlight or something.

    • Color tends to weave together much more freely in a diffuse lighting condition.

      Color tends to weave together much more freely in a diffuse lighting condition.

    B1

    48 Minutes of Jimmy O. Yang | Guess How Much?

    48:2248 Minutes of Jimmy O. Yang | Guess How Much?
    • So it's not your job to engage in an argument. It's your job to diffuse the situation.

      So it's not your job to engage in an argument. It's your job to diffuse the situation.

    A2

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.

    14:37A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
    • sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in vain.

      sun might have endeavoured to diffuse in vain.

    B2

    Barbara Oakley | Learning How to Learn | Talks at Google

    08:42Barbara Oakley | Learning How to Learn | Talks at Google
    • and the second is what I'll call the diffuse mode.

      and the second is what I'll call the diffuse mode.

    • I'll just call the diffuse mode.

      I'll just call the diffuse mode.

    A2

    How to Learn a Language: INPUT (Why most methods don't work)

    13:58How to Learn a Language: INPUT  (Why most methods don't work)
    • Engineering Professor Barbara Oakley explains here that we have two modes of thinking: the focused mode and the diffuse mode.

      Engineering Professor Barbara Oakley explains here that we have two modes of thinking: the focused mode and the diffuse mode.

    • The diffuse mode works in the background when you're relaxed and not straining on one thing.

      The diffuse mode works in the background when you're relaxed and not straining on one thing.

    B1