verb
Meaning 1
To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: depressurize
Standard Lemma guide
pressurize
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpɹɛʃəɹaɪz/
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CMU ARPABET: P R EH1 SH ER0 AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To coerce, put under duress; to pressure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
increase the pressure in or of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pressurise
Antonyms: depressurize
Broader terms: adjust, set, correct
verb
Meaning 4
maintain a certain pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the airplane cabin is pressurized
- pressurize a space suit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pressurise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keep, maintain, hold
verb
Meaning 5
increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: supercharge, pressurise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English pressure Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English pressurize From pressure + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: поставям под налягане (postavjam pod naljagane) — to put pressure on
- Catalan: pressuritzar — to put pressure on
- Chinese Mandarin: 加壓 /加压 (jiāyā) — to put pressure on
- Finnish: paineistaa — to put pressure on
- French: pressuriser — to put pressure on
- Galician: presurizar — to put pressure on
- German: unter Druck setzen — to put pressure on
- Italian: pressurizzare — to put pressure on
- Portuguese: pressurizar — to put pressure on
- Romanian: presuriza — to put pressure on
- Serbo-Croatian: stlačiti — to put pressure on
- Spanish: presurizar — to put pressure on