HyperDic: sensitize

English > 4 senses of the word *sensitize*:
VERB	change	sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise	make sensitive or aware
	perception	sensitize, sensitise	cause to sense
	change	sensitize, sensitise	make sensitive to a drug or allergen
	change	sensitize, sensitise	make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating / coating it with a photographic emulsion

sensitize > pronunciation
Sounds	seh'nsahtay.z
Rhymes	actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...

English > *sensitize*: 4 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	make sensitive or aware.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP
Example	"He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
Synonyms	sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Opposite	desensitize, desensitise	make insensitive
Spanish	concienciar, sensibilizar
Catalan	sensibilitzar
Nouns	sensitization	(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)

English > *sensitize*: 4 senses > verb 2, perception
Meaning	Cause to sense; make sensitive / sensitive.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Examples	"She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society" "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
Synonym	sensitise
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
Narrower	stimulate, excite, stir	Stir feelings in
Opposite	desensitize, desensitise	Cause not to be sensitive
Spanish	sensibilizar
Catalan	sensibilitzar

English > *sensitize*: 4 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	make sensitive to a drug or allergen.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Example	"Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
Synonym	sensitise
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Nouns	sensitization	rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
Nouns	sensitizer	(chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction

English > *sensitize*: 4 senses > verb 4, change
Meaning	make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating / coating it with a photographic emulsion.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"sensitize the photographic film"
Synonym	sensitise
Category	photography, picture taking	The act of taking and printing photographs
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change

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