Inures - English meaning

verb

Become accustomed to a new climate or new conditions; adjust.

Usage examples:

It's unknown whether people will acclimatize to increasingly warm weather

verb

Make someone or something accept (something) as normal or usual.

Usage examples:

I accustomed my eyes to the lenses

verb

To make someone familiar with new conditions

Usage examples:

It takes awhile to accustom yourself to working at night., she’s accustomed to waking at 6 a.m.

verb

Make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify.

Usage examples:

Hospitals have had to be adapted for modern medical practice

verb

Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose

verb

To adjust to different conditions or uses, or to change to meet different situations

verb

Alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result.

Usage examples:

He smoothed his hair and adjusted his tie

verb

Alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard

verb

To change something slightly to make it fit, work better, or be more suitable

Usage examples:

[ t ] adjust the angle of your monitor so you can easily read it., [ i ] you need time to adjust to…

verb

Make receptive or aware.

Usage examples:

A society more attuned to consumerism than ideology

verb

To make someone able to understand or recognize something

Usage examples:

My ears are beginning to attune to the subtle differences in intonation., his previous experience a…

verb

Make (someone) cruel, violent, or insensitive to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence.

Usage examples:

He had been brutalized in prison and become cynical

verb

To act cruelly and violently toward someone

Usage examples:

As a society we brutalize ourselves when we hurt our own members.

noun

The state of something with regard to its appearance, quality, or working order.

Usage examples:

The wiring is in good condition

verb

Have a significant influence on or determine (the manner or outcome of something).

Usage examples:

National choices are conditioned by the international political economy

verb

Deprive of positive human qualities.

Usage examples:

Brutal management methods and fear can dehumanize people

verb

To remove from a person the special human qualities of independent thought, feeling for other people, etc.

Usage examples:

It's a totalitarian regime that reduces and dehumanizes its population.

verb

Make less sensitive.

Usage examples:

Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection

verb

To cause someone to experience something, usually an emotion or a pain, less strongly than before

Usage examples:

Seeing too much violence on television can desensitize people to it.

verb

Give (someone) knowledge or understanding of something.

Usage examples:

The need to familiarize pupils with dictionaries and their structures

verb

To learn about something

Usage examples:

Teachers needed to familiarize themselves with the new software.

verb

Make or become accustomed or used to something.

Usage examples:

Bears can become habituated to people very easily

verb

To get used to something or to make someone or something used to something

Usage examples:

Habituate to when your brain habituates to sleeplessness to maintain function, it slows down., habi…

verb

Make or become hard or harder.

Usage examples:

Wait for the glue to harden

verb

To make or become stronger or more severe

Usage examples:

[ i ] as the war progressed, attitudes on both sides hardened., [ i ] in a few hours the cement wil…

verb

If prices or share prices harden, they increase

Usage examples:

If the oil price hardens this week and remains high, there will be some effect on fuel prices by th…

verb

Harden.

Usage examples:

These sedimentary deposits, under the weight of the upper beds, would quickly indurate

noun

Each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.

Usage examples:

Now most places in the world you have four seasons; winter, spring, summer, fall but not so in barb…

verb

Add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food).

Usage examples:

Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper

noun

One of the four parts a year is divided into; spring, summer, fall, or winter

Usage examples:

Flu season, the holiday season, the baseball season lasts from april to october., strawberries are …

noun

A person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm.

Usage examples:

He rushed out in a very bad temper

verb

Improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it.

Usage examples:

The way a smith would temper a sword

noun

The state of your mind or feelings

Usage examples:

[ c ] john has a bad temper., [ u ] a fit of temper, [ c ] you need to learn to control your temper…

verb

Make or become stronger or more resilient.

Usage examples:

He tried to toughen his son up by sending him to public school