polarize
🇺🇸
/ˈpəʊləraɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˈpəʊləraɪz/
verb
R
To cause people to have very different opinions about something.
The new law has polarized the community into two opposing groups.
R
To make light or other waves only move in one direction.
The special filter can polarize the light coming through the window.
R
To give something a positive or negative charge.
The electric field can polarize the molecules in the liquid.
translation
To cause people to have very different opinions about something.; To make light or other waves only move in one direction.; To give something a positive or negative charge.
Word Forms
3rd Present
polarizes
Past
polarized
Perfect
polarized
Progressive
polarizing