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polarize

/ˈpəʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/US/ˈpoʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/

polarize verb: to cause to have a polarization.

Verb

polarize (third-person singular simple present polarizes, present participle polarizing, simple past and past participle polarized)

  1. (US, transitive) To cause to have a polarization.
    • To polarize, and indeed, to artificially distinguish between the secular and the religious is to dismiss the inarguable Judeo-Christian foundation of contemporary secular institutions.1979 August 11, Lisa Capaldini, “Lessons From History”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 4
  2. (US, transitive) To cause a group to be divided into extremes.
    • The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users, and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those companies enforce their rules.2022 April 26, Cara Lombardo, Meghan Bobrowsky, Georgia Wells, “Musk Strikes Deal to Buy Twitter”, in The Wall Street Journal, volume 279, number 96, Dow Jones & Company, News Corp, page 1

polarize meaning in Tagalog

polarize in Tagalog

to cause to have a polarization
sataluktukin

Examples of polarize in a sentence

  • Fermions become polarized in a vorticular fluid due to spin-vorticity coupling.
  • Such comments needlessly and irretrievably polarize the collective and its neighbors.
  • Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.

All 22 example sentences with polarize

Forms of polarize

third-person singular presentpolarizes
present participlepolarizing
past participlepolarized
pastpolarized
alternative formpolarise

Past tense of polarize: polarized

Origin of polarize

From French polariser, equivalent to polar + -ize.

Words formed from polarize

Questions about polarize

What does polarize mean?
Polarize means to cause to have a polarization.
What is polarize in Tagalog?
Polarize in Tagalog is sataluktukin. See Polarize meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is polarize?
Polarize is a verb.
How do you pronounce polarize?
Polarize is pronounced /ˈpəʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of polarize?
The past tense of polarize is polarized.

Words near polarize in the dictionary

  1. polarization time
  2. polarization times
  3. polarization vector
  4. polarization vectors
  5. polarizations
  6. polarize
  7. polarized
  8. polarized light
  9. polarizer
  10. polarizers
  11. polarizes

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