Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to polarize
Participle: polarized
Gerund: polarizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | polarize |
| you | polarize |
| he;she;it | polarizes |
| we | polarize |
| you | polarize |
| they | polarize |
Perfect
| I | have polarized |
| you | have polarized |
| he;she;it | has polarized |
| we | have polarized |
| you | have polarized |
| they | have polarized |
Past
| I | polarized |
| you | polarized |
| he;she;it | polarized |
| we | polarized |
| you | polarized |
| they | polarized |
Pluperfect
| I | had polarized |
| you | had polarized |
| he;she;it | had polarized |
| we | had polarized |
| you | had polarized |
| they | had polarized |
Future
| I | will polarize |
| you | will polarize |
| he;she;it | will polarize |
| we | will polarize |
| you | will polarize |
| they | will polarize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have polarized |
| you | will have polarized |
| he;she;it | will have polarized |
| we | will have polarized |
| you | will have polarized |
| they | will have polarized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | polarize |
| you | polarize |
| he;she;it | polarize |
| we | polarize |
| you | polarize |
| they | polarize |
Perfect
| I | have polarized |
| you | have polarized |
| he;she;it | have polarized |
| we | have polarized |
| you | have polarized |
| they | have polarized |
Imperfect
| I | polarized |
| you | polarized |
| he;she;it | polarized |
| we | polarized |
| you | polarized |
| they | polarized |
Pluperfect
| I | had polarized |
| you | had polarized |
| he;she;it | had polarized |
| we | had polarized |
| you | had polarized |
| they | had polarized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would polarize |
| you | would polarize |
| he;she;it | would polarize |
| we | would polarize |
| you | would polarize |
| they | would polarize |
Perfect
| I | would have polarized |
| you | would have polarized |
| he;she;it | would have polarized |
| we | would have polarized |
| you | would have polarized |
| they | would have polarized |
Imperative
| you | polarize |
| we | Let's polarize |
| you | polarize |
Verbs conjugated like 'polarize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'polarize'
molarize,
polarise,
solarize,
bipolarize,
colorize,
depolarize,
dollarize,
notarize,
palatize,
pillarize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1811, from Fr.
polariser, coined by Fr. physicist Étienne-Louis Malus (1775-1812) as a term in optics. Transf. sense of "to accentuate a division in a group or system" is first recorded 1949 in Arthur Koestler.
2. From French polariser, equivalent to polar + -ize. See: French '
polariser'.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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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:]