crystallize
verb
crys·tal·lize
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variants:
or less commonly crystalize
crystallized;
crystallizing
Definition of crystallize
1
: to cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
2
: to cause to take a definite form
tried to crystallize his thoughts
3
: to coat with crystals especially of sugar
crystallize grapes
: to become crystallized
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Other Words from crystallize
crystallizable
\ Ëkri-stÉ-ËlÄ«-zÉ-bÉl
, Ëkri-stÉ-ËlÄ«- \
adjective
, Ëkri-stÉ-ËlÄ«- \
adjective
crystallization
\ Ëkri-stÉ-li-ËzÄ-shÉn
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noun
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noun
crystallizer
noun
Examples of crystallize in a Sentence
Eventually the paint will start to crystallize.
Certain conditions can cause carbon to crystallize into diamonds.
Certain conditions can crystallize carbon into diamonds.
The final paragraph of the essay crystallizes her theory.
He tried to crystallize his thoughts.
Her theory crystallizes in the final paragraph of the essay.
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That message crystallized in her headlinerâs appearance at the festival on Saturday. — Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, PEOPLE.com, "Michelle Obama on Learning to Put Her Health First: âI Didnât Have Time for Meâ After Having Kids," 10 July 2019 The lunar rover may not have roamed the moonâs surface on the day Apollo 11 made history, but its design had already crystallized by the time Neil Armstrong planted his feet in the Sea of Tranquility. — David A. Taylor, Smithsonian, "From the Family Station Wagon to the Apollo Lunar Rover, My Dadâs Engineering Talent Had No Limits," 9 July 2019 These new compounds can then crystallize into rare minerals. — Sophia Chen, WIRED, "New Analysis Techniques Unearth a Trove of Unusual Minerals," 1 July 2019 When the new millennium approached, Laguna Beachâs latest identity began to crystallize in the form of well-to-do, lovelorn teens, as seen in Laguna Beach, an MTV reality series that put the cityâs privileged youth front and center. — Brock Keeling, Curbed, "The rise and fall of Laguna Beach, a gay California hotspot," 26 June 2019 And nothing better crystallizes this power than seeing what Cool Moms did for cannabidiol, the substance more commonly known as CBD. . — Marie Claire, "Welcome to the ABCs of CBD," 11 Apr. 2019 The statement crystallized Alabamaâs dilemma - prisons too hot for computers, crowded beyond their capacities with inmates, most of whom will eventually return to society needing preparation to gain employment and rejoin productively. — William Thornton | [email protected], al.com, "Governorâs prison study group begins looking at issues," 22 July 2019 Though on his way out as a bid for Monsanto was crystallizing in the spring of 2016, Marijn Dekkers had misgivings about the combination after having boosted the companyâs presence in health-care, people familiar with his thinking said. — Ruth Bender, WSJ, "Bayer Pursued Monsanto Despite Weedkiller Suits and Executiveâs Concern," 25 Nov. 2018 Varsanoâs target class is so small that these dynamics, here between the extremely wealthy and the unimaginably so, are crystallized on the level of the individual. — Gideon Lewis-kraus, New York Times, "Selling Airborne Opulence to the Upper Upper Upper Class," 23 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crystallize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for crystallize
crystallize
verb
English Language Learners Definition of crystallize
technical
: to change into a solid form that is made up of crystals
: to cause (something, such as an idea, belief, etc.) to become clear and fully formed
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crystallize
verb
crys·tal·lize
| \ Ëkri-stÉ-ËlÄ«z
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crystallized;
crystallizing
Kids Definition of crystallize
1
: to form or cause to form crystals or grains
2
: to take or cause to take definite form
The plan crystallized slowly.
crystallize
verb
crys·tal·lize
variants:
also crystalize
also British crystallise
or crystalise \ Ëkris-tÉ-ËlÄ«z
\
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crystallized
also crystallized
also British crystallised
or crystallised;
crystallizing
also crystallizing
also British crystallising
or crystallising
Medical Definition of crystallize
: to cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
especially
: to cause to form perfect or large crystals
: to become crystallized
—often used with out
the solid crystallized out
Other Words from crystallize
crystallizable
\ -ËlÄ«-zÉ-bÉl
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adjective
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adjective