magnetize
/'mægnitaiz/ Cách viết khác : (magnetise) /'mægnitaiz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To make something magnetic: To cause an object to acquire magnetic properties, typically by aligning its internal magnetic domains.
- To attract strongly, as if by a magnet: To draw or pull someone or something with a powerful, often irresistible, force of attraction or fascination.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The technician used a coil of wire to magnetize the steel rod. (The technician made the steel rod magnetic.)
- Her charismatic speech magnetized the entire crowd, holding their attention for over an hour. (Her speech powerfully attracted and held the crowd's attention.)
Advanced Usage
- "to magnetize someone to something": To draw someone powerfully toward a specific thing or idea.
- The promise of opportunity magnetized young people to the city. (The promise of opportunity strongly attracted young people to the city.)
Variants and Related Words
- Magnetization (n): The process of making something magnetic or the state of being magnetic.
- The magnetization of the metal was complete.
- Magnetized (adj): Having been made magnetic; possessing magnetic properties.
- The magnetized needle pointed north.
- Demagnetize (v): The opposite action; to remove magnetic properties from something.
- You can demagnetize a credit card by placing it near a strong magnet.
Synonyms
- Attract: To draw by a physical force or by appealing qualities.
- Enchant: To attract and delight greatly.
- Hypnotize: To capture the complete attention of, as if in a trance (used in the figurative sense).
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
(This word does not commonly form standard phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.)
Related Idioms
- To have a magnetic personality: An idiom describing someone who powerfully attracts and charms others, related to the figurative sense of "magnetize."
- The new leader has a magnetic personality that inspires loyalty.
Verb
- attract strongly, as if with a magnet
- She magnetized the audience with her tricks
- make magnetic
- The strong magnet magnetized the iron shavings