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PRONUNCIATION OF RIGIDIFY

rigidify  [rɪˈdʒɪdɪˌfaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIGIDIFY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rigidify is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rigidify in English.

WHAT DOES RIGIDIFY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rigidify in the English dictionary

The definition of rigidify in the dictionary is to make or become rigid.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RIGIDIFY

PRESENT

Present
I rigidify
you rigidify
he/she/it rigidifies
we rigidify
you rigidify
they rigidify
Present continuous
I am rigidifying
you are rigidifying
he/she/it is rigidifying
we are rigidifying
you are rigidifying
they are rigidifying
Present perfect
I have rigidified
you have rigidified
he/she/it has rigidified
we have rigidified
you have rigidified
they have rigidified
Present perfect continuous
I have been rigidifying
you have been rigidifying
he/she/it has been rigidifying
we have been rigidifying
you have been rigidifying
they have been rigidifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I rigidified
you rigidified
he/she/it rigidified
we rigidified
you rigidified
they rigidified
Past continuous
I was rigidifying
you were rigidifying
he/she/it was rigidifying
we were rigidifying
you were rigidifying
they were rigidifying
Past perfect
I had rigidified
you had rigidified
he/she/it had rigidified
we had rigidified
you had rigidified
they had rigidified
Past perfect continuous
I had been rigidifying
you had been rigidifying
he/she/it had been rigidifying
we had been rigidifying
you had been rigidifying
they had been rigidifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will rigidify
you will rigidify
he/she/it will rigidify
we will rigidify
you will rigidify
they will rigidify
Future continuous
I will be rigidifying
you will be rigidifying
he/she/it will be rigidifying
we will be rigidifying
you will be rigidifying
they will be rigidifying
Future perfect
I will have rigidified
you will have rigidified
he/she/it will have rigidified
we will have rigidified
you will have rigidified
they will have rigidified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been rigidifying
you will have been rigidifying
he/she/it will have been rigidifying
we will have been rigidifying
you will have been rigidifying
they will have been rigidifying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would rigidify
you would rigidify
he/she/it would rigidify
we would rigidify
you would rigidify
they would rigidify
Conditional continuous
I would be rigidifying
you would be rigidifying
he/she/it would be rigidifying
we would be rigidifying
you would be rigidifying
they would be rigidifying
Conditional perfect
I would have rigidify
you would have rigidify
he/she/it would have rigidify
we would have rigidify
you would have rigidify
they would have rigidify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been rigidifying
you would have been rigidifying
he/she/it would have been rigidifying
we would have been rigidifying
you would have been rigidifying
they would have been rigidifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you rigidify
we let´s rigidify
you rigidify
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to rigidify
Past participle
rigidified
Present Participle
rigidifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIGIDIFY


acidify
əˈsɪdɪˌfaɪ
codify
ˈkəʊdɪˌfaɪ
commodify
kəˈmɒdɪˌfaɪ
dandify
ˈdændɪˌfaɪ
deacidify
ˌdiːəˈsɪdɪˌfaɪ
dehumidify
ˌdiːhjuːˈmɪdɪˌfaɪ
edify
ˈɛdɪˌfaɪ
humidify
hjuːˈmɪdɪˌfaɪ
ladify
ˈleɪdɪˌfaɪ
ladyfy
ˈleɪdɪˌfaɪ
lapidify
ləˈpɪdɪˌfaɪ
madefy
ˈmædɪˌfaɪ
modify
ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪ
mundify
ˈmʌndɪˌfaɪ
nidify
ˈnɪdɪˌfaɪ
recodify
riːˈkəʊdɪˌfaɪ
reedify
riːˈedɪˌfaɪ
remodify
riːˈmɒdɪˌfaɪ
resolidify
ˌriːsəˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ
solidify
səˈlɪdɪˌfaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIGIDIFY

rightward
rightwards
righty
righty ho
Rigi
rigid
rigid designator
rigidification
rigidified
rigidifies
rigidity
rigidize
rigidly
rigidness
Rigil
Rigil Kent
rigmarole
rigol
rigor
rigor mortis

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIGIDIFY

amplify
certify
clarify
classify
fluidify
identify
indemnify
justify
magnify
notify
premodify
qualify
quantify
rectify
signify
simplify
specify
testify
unify
verify

Synonyms and antonyms of rigidify in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rigidify» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIGIDIFY

Find out the translation of rigidify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rigidify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rigidify» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

错乱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rigidizar
570 millions of speakers

English

rigidify
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rigidify
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

rigidify
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

rigidify
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enrijecer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কঠিন করে তোলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rigidifier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tegar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

versteifen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

剛性化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

견고하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rigidify
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rigidify
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कठोर करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rijıtleşme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rigidify
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zesztywnienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

rigidify
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rigidizează
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγαλύτερης σκληρότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rigidify
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förstyva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avstive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rigidify

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGIDIFY»

The term «rigidify» is normally little used and occupies the 130.824 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGIDIFY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rigidify

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIGIDIFY»

Discover the use of rigidify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rigidify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cosmic Rays in the Earth's Atmosphere and Underground
Two approximations for rigidify spectrum of primary CR variation 140 3.11.2. Determination of the rigidity spectrum of primary CR variation in the magnetically quiet period 141 3.11.3. Determination of the rigidify spectrum of primary CR ...
Lev Dorman, 2004
2
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: ...
These conversions were very costly, thus the call for the power of government to rigidify the market by protecting existing prices and leave out competitors. (For example, incumbent auto producers had to produce jeeps and other military ...
Warren J. Samuels, Jeff Biddle, Ross B. Emmett, 2009
3
Researching the Presidency: Vital Questions, New Approaches
Such analyses predict that presidents with a particular personality profile ( referred to in various forms as active-negative, ego-defensive, etcetera) will “ rigidify” sometime during their terms in office. Woodrow Wilson and Richard Nixon are ...
George C. Edwards, John Howard Kessel, Bert A. Rockman, 1993
4
A Unified Theory of Happiness: An East-Meets-West Approach ...
WE ARE NOT WHAT WE THINK Looking at the way we think is particularly helpful during moments when we rigidify or become confused. Most people just lash out or withdraw in such moments. Yet when we take the time and look at how we ...
Andrea F. Polard, 2012
5
Geometry at Work
The edges, each fixing the distance between two vertices, give n(m + 1) + m(n + 1 ) constraints, so we expect that at least n + m — 1 additional constraints are required to rigidify the grid. A rigid bracing with exactly n + m — 1 braces is achieved ...
Catherine A. Gorini, 2000
6
The Molecular Life of Plants
rigidify. Studies of the biomechanical properties of cell walls show that wall extensibility changes during cell expansion. The tools of rheology, the study of the deformation and flow of matter, have been applied to plant cell walls to determine ...
Russell Jones, Helen Ougham, Howard Thomas, 2012
7
Invitation to Geometry
Show that, similarly, any two diagonals rigidify a pentagon, and any three rigidify a hexagon. Conjecture and attempt to prove a generalization. Why is there a jump in difficulty from five to six vertices? Prove that in a triangle A_ s(s—a) .
Z. A. Melzak, 2014
8
The Situated Self
If we hold fixed the phenomenal property as we compare worlds, rigidify the links between the distal causes and their physical descriptions, and rigidify the causal links between distal causes and brain states, there is no room for variation.
J. T. Ismael Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Arizona, 2007
9
The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life
A study of how manners function in society gave Cable a paradoxical answer: while tradition works to unify and solidify a society, it can also work to rigidify it, thereby making change difficult. In The Grandissbnes Cable explores several ...
George Washington Cable, 1988
10
West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California
... and it is totally frustrated by our lock-step society whose restrictive codes on home-building make it just about impossible to build a code home that doesn't sterilize, insulate, and rigidify the inhabitants... So it falls down in the first wind storm.
Iain Boal, Janferie Stone, Michael Watts, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIGIDIFY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rigidify is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Reagan Would Be Appalled by Obama's Corps of...
While these steps could transfer excessive decision-making power to the courts, and could rigidify and bureaucratize government decision-making, they would ... «National Review Online, Mar 15»
2
The Guardian view on inflation: way off target
When it sinks too low, capitalism becomes sclerotic – real wages rigidify, debts weigh more heavily and demand can take a knock, as consumers are relieved of ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
3
The union future
On the other hand, unions, and especially public-sector unions, have done a lot over the past decades to rigidify workplaces, especially government. Teachers' ... «The Seattle Times, Dec 14»
4
David Brooks' silly police fantasy — and the problem with soft-on …
“[U]nions, and especially public-sector unions,” according to Brooks, “have done a lot over the past decades to rigidify workplaces, especially government. «Salon, Dec 14»
5
@ISSUE: What does decline in religion portend?
My intention, therefore, is neither to retract from our piety nor to rigidify but to help ground our students in their own spiritual commitment while being open and ... «Asbury Park Press, Oct 14»
6
The 'invisible hand' has an iron grip on America
... course … because old orders have a tendency to rigidify and block progress, people who make up the rules as they go along tend to be valuable to society. «Fortune, Aug 14»
7
Origami robot folds itself up, scuttles away
“In robotics, this would be a useful thing — to be able to make structures that can basically lock or unlock at will — rigidify at will. You could imagine a floppy arm ... «Boston Globe, Aug 14»
8
Decentralization: Ukraine's Rub
The imperative is to combine mechanisms of self-rule with those of shared rule—to recognize but not rigidify local differences. Strong national-level parties and ... «Carnegie Europe, May 14»
9
Why No Sustained Protests (Yet)?
Of course, organizations can rot or betray their organizers and purposes or rigidify into dictatorships. There are grounds for skepticism and caution about ... «BillMoyers.com, Apr 14»
10
Researchers increase power of bacteria-killing molecules
... manipulate ADEPs with an eye toward drug development, Carney said, adding that they tried to rigidify the ADEP compound to make it bind to a target protein. «The Brown Daily Herald, Feb 14»

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