to galvanize
39
6.7
- verb
- /ˈɡælvəˌnaɪz/
:
impulsar
- Local artists galvanized their efforts to raise funds for the charity by organizing a big concert.
- galvanize into action
- galvanize public support
- galvanize public opinion
And you have galvanized the world's attention in a fantastic way.
- And you have galvanized the world's attention in a fantastic way.
- Yes, because it's whatever, Yep, whatever galvanizes a people together.
- We shot with Charlie Sloth, Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand, and it really galvanized us as a team.
- And I think that requires great leadership that that galvanizes the populace to the better angels of their nature.
- So you might as well live a life that galvanizes you against, you know, some of life's biggest reversals in any area.
- And so there has to be enough space where you feel accepted for you to start to galvanized the desire to do it for you.
- I'm going to essentially galvanized your support and I'm going to point you at an enemy, real or imagined.
Examples
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At a Wisconsin town hall meeting in April, Trump galvanized the local crowd with his positions on NATO, international security, trade agreements, and America's ever spiraling national debt.
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The urgent news about climate change galvanized the community to take immediate action.
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Author #1 also applied a relevant past experience to galvanize his thinking on the issue.
Academic text (2013) -
And you have galvanized the world's attention in a fantastic way.
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Their deaths galvanized the city into saving itself
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In the wake of the Moynihan report, groups across the country, individuals and groups galvanized into action.
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People around the world have been galvanized by concerns about pollution and resource depletion.
Academic text (1993) -
The war in Slovenia set the alarm bells ringing and galvanized various European governments and institutions into action.
Academic text (1993) -
The Tiananmen massacre metamorphosed Congress's attitude toward China, galvanizing it to propose severe retaliatory measures.
Academic text (1993) -
The inspiring speech by the coach galvanized the players to give their best performance in the championship.
Synonyms
∞
3.6
To cause someone to want to do something strongly
837
3.2
Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act
154
3.4
To cause something to start, often an idea or strong feeling
81
4.1
To encourage someone to take action or try harder
47
4.4
To cause strong feelings in someone
45
4.7
To make someone want to do something
16
5.1
To make people feel strong emotion and want to act
14
4.1
To make people feel very excited and want to act
7
6.7
To make someone want to work harder and faster
7
4.8
To make someone or something start to move and become active
1
5.0
Make someone feel very excited and interested in something
1
9.2
To make someone feel a strong emotion
To make someone act because of a feeling or reason
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Motivating
14
4.1
39
6.7
437
3.5
∞
2.3
8
3.6
33
3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
galvanize = galvanic (semi-transparent) = galvan + ize
The verb is derived via the suffix '-ize' from 'galvanic' (relating to electricity); the metaphorical sense 'to shock or excite into action' is an extended, figurative use of the electric sense and may not be fully obvious to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Galvanize comes from the name of an Italian scientist, Galvani, who showed that electricity could make frog legs twitch. So to galvanize someone is to give them a sudden 'shock' or push that makes them act.