Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction.

    катализи́роватьkatalizírovatʹ

    каталізува́тиkatalizuváty

  2. (transitive)To accelerate a process.

    катализи́роватьkatalizírovatʹ

    каталізува́тиkatalizuváty

  3. (transitive)To inspire significantly by catalysis.

    change by catalysis or cause to catalyze

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Therefore, they cannot catalyze deregulation without "external pressure".

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  2. Catalysts can speed up a chemical reaction without being consumed in the catalyzed reaction.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction:
Русский
By meaning 1
to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction:

Forms

catalyzes, catalyzing, catalyzed, catalyzed
Base formcatalyze · to catalyze
3rd person singularcatalyzes
Present participlecatalyzing
Past simplecatalyzed
Past participlecatalyzed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycatalyze
he, she, itcatalyzes

Past simpleLesson

all personscatalyzed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave catalyzed
he, she, ithas catalyzed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill catalyze

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • change by catalysis or cause to catalyze:catalyse

Word family

6 related words
RelatedcatalystB2catalysiscatalyticcatalyzer
Derivedautocatalyzeelectrocatalyze

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
catacombcatalogueB2catalystB2catamarancatapultcataract

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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