magnetize
Americanverb (used with object)
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magnetizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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magnetized,
past participle, past
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magnetizing
present participle
verb
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to make (a substance or object) magnetic
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to attract strongly
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an obsolete word for mesmerize
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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magnetizationnoun
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magnetizernoun
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remagnetizeverb (used with object)
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magnetizableadjective
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nonmagnetizedadjective
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unmagnetizedadjective
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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magnetizesimple
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magnetizessimple
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have magnetizedperfect
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has magnetizedperfect
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am magnetizingprogressive
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are magnetizingprogressive
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is magnetizingprogressive
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have been magnetizingperfect progressive
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has been magnetizingperfect progressive
Past
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magnetizedsimple
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had magnetizedperfect
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was magnetizingprogressive
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were magnetizingprogressive
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had been magnetizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of magnetize
Example Sentences
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See Examples For:
To magnetize an iron nail, one simply has to stroke its surface several times with a bar magnet.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
When Ryan mentioned her depression, Baltz said, “You need to magnetize your brain,” an apparent reference to transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment she received at Insight Choices, according to the accusation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
In a ferromagnet such as iron, all the atoms act like little magnets and they all point in the same direction to magnetize the entire material.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 30, 2020
Registering the artifice in Hopper’s limpid art may free us to see a link between hotel rooms and painting itself: Both magnetize desire and a longing to escape.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
“If I rub the needle with the lodestone, I’ll magnetize it. Basically I’ll turn it into a compass needle. If we can get it to float on the water without breaking the surface tension...”
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
"First, we irradiate the alloy with a strong laser pulse, which magnetizes the material," explains Theo Pflug.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
Rather, it's about knowing the genre and what magnetizes the mainstream audience and catering to the film's marketing accordingly.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2022
Her film starts with the teacher, whose patience and charisma draws out the children and magnetizes the viewer.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
The southernmost state and yet not quite identified with the deep south, a meeting point for Latino influence and a rangy variant of Americana, it’s a strange place that magnetizes strange people.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2019
Ama creates another Adinkra symbol that magnetizes Lala back to the ship.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
While most galaxies contain supermassive black holes, only a small fraction produce enormous jets of magnetized plasma that emit radio waves.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
They brought flair, grit, and feet that seemed magnetized to the ball as they starred for clubs such as Ajax and Barcelona, AC Milan and Juventus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
This validation that A.I. gives its user—or rather itself—is another reason students are so magnetized to these programs.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
Such an eruption would release a cloud of dense, magnetized plasma, temporarily altering the space around the FRB source as it passed through the line of sight.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026
Even when we’d jerk them apart, they’d wind up magnetized again some moments later.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
If reach is what she’s looking for, Rogan’s invitation would seem to be a magnetizing one.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
Friends and family said she was well-liked and had a magnetizing personality.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
“Grief is a magnetizing force from which the book cannot escape.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
At night, the smell of charred chicken sizzling on an outside spit often wafted through the neighborhood, magnetizing Metro riders as they emerged from underground escalators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2020
Maybe it was the way he massaged the feeling back into my hands, or his yeshivish cadence, or those magnetizing bourbon-colored eyes, but something told me I could confide in him.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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