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English verb: sensitize | |||
| 1. | sensitize (change) make sensitive or aware | ||
| Samples | He was not sensitized to her emotional needs. | ||
| Synonyms | sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Antonyms | desensitise, desensitize | ||
| 2. | sensitize (perception) cause to sense; make sensitive | ||
| Samples | She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society. My tongue became sensitized to good wine. | ||
| Synonyms | sensitise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | excite, photosensitise, photosensitize, stimulate, stir | ||
| Cause | feel, sense | ||
| Antonyms | desensitise, desensitize | ||
| 3. | sensitize (change) make sensitive to a drug or allergen | ||
| Samples | Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen. | ||
| Synonyms | sensitise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| 4. | sensitize (change) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion | ||
| Samples | Sensitize the photographic film. | ||
| Synonyms | sensitise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Domain category | photography, picture taking | ||
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