"sensitize" meaning in English

See sensitize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sensitizes [present, singular, third-person], sensitizing [participle, present], sensitized [participle, past], sensitized [past]
Etymology: From sensitive + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sensitive|ize}} sensitive + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} sensitize (third-person singular simple present sensitizes, present participle sensitizing, simple past and past participle sensitized)
  1. To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli. Translations (to make sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli): правя чувствителен (pravja čuvstvitelen) (Bulgarian), herkistää (Finnish), sensibilisieren (German), érzékennyé tesz (Hungarian), sensibiliza (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-sensitize-en-verb-3J9hj70I Disambiguation of 'to make sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli': 67 23 10
  2. To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way. Synonyms (make someone increasingly aware of): familiarize Translations (to make increasingly aware of): 使意识到 (Chinese Mandarin), senzibilizovat (Czech), herkistyä [intransitive] (Finnish), herkistää [transitive] (Finnish), sensibilisieren (German), érzékenyít (Hungarian), szenzitizál (Hungarian), sensibilizzare (Italian), sensibiliza (Romanian), sensibilizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sensitize-en-verb-Gjwpslgz Disambiguation of 'make someone increasingly aware of': 16 67 17 Disambiguation of 'to make increasingly aware of': 21 64 15
  3. (transitive) To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-sensitize-en-verb-4UQwtBu~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 19 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 23 26 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 36 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 22 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 20 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 28 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 26 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 29 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 30 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 25 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 30 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 21 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 26 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 28 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sensitise Related terms: sensitivize, desensitize, sensitive, sensitization, publicize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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