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    POLYMERISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they polymerise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it polymerises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: polymerised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: polymerised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: polymerising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Undergo polymerizationplay

    Synonyms:

    polymerise; polymerize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

    change integrity (change in physical make-up)

    Domain category:

    chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "polymerise"):

    copolymerise; copolymerize (polymerize together)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s

    Derivation:

    polymerisation (a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Cause (a compound) to polymerizeplay

    Synonyms:

    polymerise; polymerize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

    change integrity (change in physical make-up)

    Cause:

    polymerise; polymerize (undergo polymerization)

    Domain category:

    chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Derivation:

    polymerisation (a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound)

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