Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to weatherize
Participle: weatherized
Gerund: weatherizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | weatherize |
| you | weatherize |
| he;she;it | weatherizes |
| we | weatherize |
| you | weatherize |
| they | weatherize |
Perfect
| I | have weatherized |
| you | have weatherized |
| he;she;it | has weatherized |
| we | have weatherized |
| you | have weatherized |
| they | have weatherized |
Past
| I | weatherized |
| you | weatherized |
| he;she;it | weatherized |
| we | weatherized |
| you | weatherized |
| they | weatherized |
Pluperfect
| I | had weatherized |
| you | had weatherized |
| he;she;it | had weatherized |
| we | had weatherized |
| you | had weatherized |
| they | had weatherized |
Future
| I | will weatherize |
| you | will weatherize |
| he;she;it | will weatherize |
| we | will weatherize |
| you | will weatherize |
| they | will weatherize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have weatherized |
| you | will have weatherized |
| he;she;it | will have weatherized |
| we | will have weatherized |
| you | will have weatherized |
| they | will have weatherized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | weatherize |
| you | weatherize |
| he;she;it | weatherize |
| we | weatherize |
| you | weatherize |
| they | weatherize |
Perfect
| I | have weatherized |
| you | have weatherized |
| he;she;it | have weatherized |
| we | have weatherized |
| you | have weatherized |
| they | have weatherized |
Imperfect
| I | weatherized |
| you | weatherized |
| he;she;it | weatherized |
| we | weatherized |
| you | weatherized |
| they | weatherized |
Pluperfect
| I | had weatherized |
| you | had weatherized |
| he;she;it | had weatherized |
| we | had weatherized |
| you | had weatherized |
| they | had weatherized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would weatherize |
| you | would weatherize |
| he;she;it | would weatherize |
| we | would weatherize |
| you | would weatherize |
| they | would weatherize |
Perfect
| I | would have weatherized |
| you | would have weatherized |
| he;she;it | would have weatherized |
| we | would have weatherized |
| you | would have weatherized |
| they | would have weatherized |
Imperative
| you | weatherize |
| we | Let's weatherize |
| you | weatherize |
Verbs conjugated like 'weatherize'
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 'weatherize'
weatherise,
etherize,
heathenize,
aesthetize,
atheize,
athetize,
catharize,
dasherize,
deauthorize,
esterize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English weather
3. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
6. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
7. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
8. Late Latin -izōder.
9. Middle French -iserbor.
10. Middle English -isen
11. English -ize
12. English weatherize
13. From weather + -ize.
Sample Sentences
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We were interested in finding out if we could save money and, given the attention that weatherizing was starting to get, I figured it could also make for good column fodder. [2009 November 18, David Leonhardt, “A Stimulus That Could Save Money”, in The New York Times:]
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The money will allow Illinois to triple the number of homes it weatherizes: it expects the stimulus money will pay to insulate, seal leaks, and add more energy-efficient equipment to some 26,933 homes of people with low incomes. [2009 December 21, Michael Cooper, “Inadequate Oversight Cited in Weatherization Program”, in The New York Times:]
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The reality about wind turbines, however, is they regularly operate in frigid conditions and can be weatherized to perform in wintry extremes. That's why they work in places like Sweden, Antarctica, and Iowa (over 40 percent of Iowa's electricity comes from wind). [2021 February 20, Mark Kaufman, “Why wind turbines thrive in Antarctica and places way colder than Texas”, in Mashable:]
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It’s great fun, not just because it’s an extremely complex topic, but also because the best approach for many people is also the simplest and cheapest: weatherizing their homes. [2023 October 10, Tim Heffernan, “This Air Purifier Is One of Our All-Time Favorite Wirecutter Picks”, in Wirecutter:]
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State lawmakers replaced the entire ERCOT and PUC leadership in the months after the storm; the Legislature passed a law requiring power plants to weatherize. [2024 February 27, Henry Gass, “Lights on, but trust off. Texas tries to rebuild confidence in grid.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:]