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SENSIBILISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensibilise mean? 

SENSIBILISE (verb)
  The verb SENSIBILISE has 1 sense:

1. make sensitive or awareplay

  Familiarity information: SENSIBILISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SENSIBILISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they sensibilise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it sensibilises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: sensibilised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: sensibilised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: sensibilising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make sensitive or aware

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

sensibilise; sensibilize; sensify; sensitise; sensitize

Context example:

He was not sensitized to her emotional needs

Hypernyms (to "sensibilise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP


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