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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sen•si•tize /ˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -tized, -tiz•ing. - to make aware or responsive: [often: ~ + object + to]to sensitize teachers to the needs of their students.
- to be sensitive electronically:The floormat has been sensitized so that it triggers an alarm when you walk on it.
sen•si•ti•za•tion /ˌsɛnsɪtəˈzeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -sens-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sen•si•tize (sen′si tīz′),USA pronunciation v., -tized, -tiz•ing. v.t. - to render sensitive.
- Photographyto render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy.
- Immunologyto render sensitive to an antigenic substance.
v.i. - to become sensitized.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] sen′si•tise′. - sensit(ive) + -ize 1855–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sensitize, sensitise /ˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz/ vb - to make or become sensitive
- (transitive) to render (an individual) sensitive to a drug, allergen, etc
- (transitive) to make (a material) sensitive to light or to other actinic radiation, esp to light of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion often containing special chemicals, such as dyes
ˌsensitiˈzation, ˌsensitiˈsation n ˈsensiˌtizer, ˈsensiˌtiser n |