| VERB | perception | sensitise, sensitize | cause to sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | sensitise, sensitize | make sensitive to a drug or allergen | |
| change | sensitise, sensitize | make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating / coating it with a photographic emulsion | |
| change | sensitise, sensitize, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise | make sensitive or aware |
| Meaning | Cause to sense; make sensitive / sensitive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | sensitize | |
| Cause to | feel, sense | perceive by a physical sensation / sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles |
| Narrower | photosensitize, photosensitise | make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light |
| stimulate, excite, stir | Stir feelings in | |
| Opposite | desensitize, desensitise | Cause not to be sensitive |
| Spanish | sensibilizar | |
| Catalan | sensibilitzar | |
| Meaning | make sensitive to a drug or allergen. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | sensitize | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Nouns | sensitisation | rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections |
| sensitisation | the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) | |
| sensitiser | (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction | |
| Meaning | make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating / coating it with a photographic emulsion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | sensitize | |
| Category | photography, picture taking | The act of taking and printing photographs |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Nouns | sensitiser | (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction |
| Meaning | make sensitive or aware. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonyms | sensitize, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | desensitize, desensitise | make insensitive |
| Spanish | concienciar, sensibilizar | |
| Catalan | sensibilitzar | |
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