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galvanizegal‧va‧nize (also galvanise British English) /ˈɡælvənaɪz/ verb [transitive]  VERB TABLEgalvanize |
Present | I, you, we, they | galvanize | | he, she, it | galvanizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | galvanized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have galvanized | | he, she, it | has galvanized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had galvanized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will galvanize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have galvanized |
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Present | I | am galvanizing | | he, she, it | is galvanizing | | you, we, they | are galvanizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was galvanizing | | you, we, they | were galvanizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been galvanizing | | he, she, it | has been galvanizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been galvanizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be galvanizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been galvanizing |
- The girl's disappearance has galvanized residents to begin a neighborhood watch program.
- He galvanized his congregation, as admired for his campaigns to students or country towns as for his commemorative services.
- He wants the kid to help galvanize his right-wing religious movement.
- The news, naturally, galvanized them.
- This gave the protest movements plenty of time to galvanize support.
► galvanized ... into action The possibility of defeat finally galvanized us into action. NOUN► action· But attempts to galvanize Chiang into action were largely futile.· This poem refreshes perhaps because the element of hatred has galvanized the yo into action.· The hoarse urgency of his voice galvanized them into action before their minds had taken in what was happening. to shock or surprise someone so that they do something to solve a problem, improve a situation etcgalvanize somebody into (doing) something The possibility of defeat finally galvanized us into action. The report galvanized world opinion. |