sensitise

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verb

1. cause to sense;
make sensitive
- She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
- My tongue became sensitized to good wine
• Syn:
sensitize
• Ant:
desensitise, desensitize (for: sensitize)
• Hyponyms:
photosensitize, photosensitise, stimulate, excite, stir
• Cause:
feel, sense
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. make sensitive to a drug or allergen
- Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
• Syn:
sensitize
• Derivationally related forms:
sensitiser, sensitisation, sensitizer (for: sensitize), sensitization (for: sensitize)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
- sensitize the photographic film
• Syn:
sensitize
• Derivationally related forms:
sensitiser
• Topics:
photography, picture taking
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. make sensitive or aware
- He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
• Syn:
sensitize, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
• Ant:
desensitize (for: sensitize)
• Derivationally related forms:
sense (for: sensify), sensitization (for: sensitize)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sensitize, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  desensitize, desensitise