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PRONUNCIATION OF STERILISE

sterilise  [ˈsterɪˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STERILISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sterilise 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 sterilise in English.

WHAT DOES STERILISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sterilization

Sterilization can refer to: ▪ The elimination of microbiological organisms to achieve asepsis, a sterile microbial environment ▪ Sterilization ▪ Soil steam sterilization, a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses ▪ A medical technique that intentionally leaves a person unable to reproduce ▪ Sterilization ▪ Animal sterilization, known as neutering ▪ Sterilization, a term referring to central bank operations aimed at neutralizing foreign exchange operations' impact on domestic money supply and to generally offset potentially adverse consequences of large capital flows.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STERILISE

PRESENT

Present
I sterilise
you sterilise
he/she/it sterilises
we sterilise
you sterilise
they sterilise
Present continuous
I am sterilising
you are sterilising
he/she/it is sterilising
we are sterilising
you are sterilising
they are sterilising
Present perfect
I have sterilised
you have sterilised
he/she/it has sterilised
we have sterilised
you have sterilised
they have sterilised
Present perfect continuous
I have been sterilising
you have been sterilising
he/she/it has been sterilising
we have been sterilising
you have been sterilising
they have been sterilising
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 sterilised
you sterilised
he/she/it sterilised
we sterilised
you sterilised
they sterilised
Past continuous
I was sterilising
you were sterilising
he/she/it was sterilising
we were sterilising
you were sterilising
they were sterilising
Past perfect
I had sterilised
you had sterilised
he/she/it had sterilised
we had sterilised
you had sterilised
they had sterilised
Past perfect continuous
I had been sterilising
you had been sterilising
he/she/it had been sterilising
we had been sterilising
you had been sterilising
they had been sterilising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sterilise
we let´s sterilise
you sterilise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sterilise
Past participle
sterilised
Present Participle
sterilising
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 STERILISE


civilize
ˈsɪvɪˌlaɪz
demobilize
diːˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz
destabilize
diːˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪz
evangelise
ɪˈvændʒɪˌlaɪz
evangelize
ɪˈvændʒɪˌlaɪz
fertilize
ˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪz
fossilize
ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪz
immobilize
ɪˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz
insolubilize
ɪnˈsɒljʊbɪˌlaɪz
mobilize
ˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz
remobilise
riːˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz
reutilize
ˌriːˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz
solubilize
ˈsɒljʊbɪˌlaɪz
stabilize
ˈsteɪbɪˌlaɪz
sterilize
ˈstɛrɪˌlaɪz
syphilize
ˈsɪfɪˌlaɪz
tranquillize
ˈtræŋkwɪˌlaɪz
utilize
ˈjuːtɪˌlaɪz
virilize
ˈvɪrɪˌlaɪz
volatilize
vɒˈlætɪˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STERILISE

stereovision
steric
sterical
sterically
sterigma
sterilant
sterile
sterilely
sterilisable
sterilisation
steriliser
sterility
sterilizable
sterilization
sterilize
sterilizer
sterlet
sterling
sterling area
sterling bloc

WORDS THAT END LIKE STERILISE

civilise
decivilise
destabilise
fossilise
gentilise
infantilise
insolubilise
lyophilise
mobilise
Molise
overfertilise
overutilise
realise
respectabilise
restabilise
subtilise
tranquilise
underutilise
valise
volatilise

Synonyms and antonyms of sterilise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sterilise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STERILISE

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

Translator English - Chinese

消毒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esterilizar
570 millions of speakers

English

sterilise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाँझ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعقيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стерилизовать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esterilizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবাণুমুক্ত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stériliser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mensterilkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sterilisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

殺菌する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소독
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sterilize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diệt khuẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூய்மையாக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्जंतुकीकरण करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sterilize etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sterilizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sterylizować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стерилізувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

steriliza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποστείρωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

steriliseer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sterilisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sterilisere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sterilise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STERILISE»

The term «sterilise» is regularly used and occupies the 68.150 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STERILISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sterilise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sterilise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STERILISE»

Discover the use of sterilise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sterilise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Infection Control: Hospital and Community
Equipment Method Comments/Instructions Flower vases Clean Hands UICP ( Chapler 9) Incubators Clean After each baby Instruments Sterilise Jugs • hospital Sterilise Autoclave Washer/disinfector After each use • home Clean Laryngoscope ...
Claire Mercier, 1997
2
Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
9 To study the cell wall of the micro-organism in given sample by staining method . 35 3. 10 To study the given sample of spirochetes by staining method (Fontana's method) 36 4. Culture Media 37-46 4.1 To prepare and sterilise Nutrient Broth.
Dr. A. R. Paradkar, 2008
3
Essential Nails: How to Create Great Nails
You will find this routine invaluable in the salon environment. sterilise scrub up PPPPPre sterilise. re sterilise. re sterilise. re sterilise. re sterilise. Every day, pre- sterilise your tools by soaking in disinfectant. WWWWWash.ash.ash.ash.ash.
Essential Nail Products LTD
4
English Mechanic and World of Science
Distribute the skimmed milk in small test-tubes (7c.c. in each), and sterilise by discontinuous steaming in the same manner and for the same length of time as the potatoes. Label and store in locker. Preparation ofLitmus Milk for a Culture ...
‎1800
5
East Asia in Crisis: From Being a Miracle to Needing One?
As foreign investment poured in, the BOT attempted to sterilise its impact on the money supply. Domestic interest rates were bid up, despite the increased openness of the capital market, implying that foreign and domestic assets were ...
Ross Garnaut, Ross H. McLeod, 2002
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Bacteriological Technique: A Laboratory Guide for Medical, ...
Tube, and sterilise as for nutrient gelatine. Glucose Formate Agar (Kitasato).— 1. Prepare nutrient agar (vide page 167, sections 1 to 8). Measure out 1000 c.c. 2. Weigh out glucose, 20 grammes (= 2 per cent.), sodium formate, 4 grammes ...
John William Henry Eyre, 1930
7
Recombinant DNA Technology
of twice distilled water by warming up to 50°-60° C in a water bath. Sterilise by filtration. Prepare 1 ml aliquots and store at 20°C. Do not expose Aminopterin to light. Preparation ofHT & HAT Media (a) HT medium : Add 1 ml of HT stock solution ...
8
Drug-Device Combination Products: Delivery Technologies and ...
16 Sterilisation of drug±device combination products B . P A R S O N S , Leeds Metropolitan University, UK Abstract: The attraction of using ionising radiation to sterilise a sealed package containing the drug±device product is clear and there is ...
A Lewis, 2009
9
Bacterial Fish Pathogens: Disease of Farmed and Wild Fish
Flavobacterium columnare selective medium (Fijan 1969) 0.02% (w/v) beef extract 0.05% (w/v) tryptone 0.05% (w/v) yeast extract 0.02% (w/v) sodium acetate 0.9% (w/v) agar pH 7.2–7.4; sterilise at 121°C/15 min, allow to cool, and add filter ...
Brian Austin, Dawn A. Austin, 2012
10
Fungi and Food Spoilage
The final pH is 6.7. Czapek yeast extract agar with 20% sucrose (CY20S) K2HPO4 1 g Czapek concentrate 10 ml Yeast extract 5 g Sucrose 200 g Agar 15 g Water, distilled 1 l Sterilise by autoclaving at 1218C for 15 min. The final pH is 5.2.
John I. Pitt, Ailsa D. Hocking, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STERILISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sterilise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hospital denies refusing to sterilise woman
Charmaine Van der Merwe accused Steve Biko Academic Hospital of refusing her a sterilisation because she has a learning disability. Pic: Rekord Moot ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
2
The plot to sterilise the world's poor
Peru was facing at the time a terrorist threat from the Maoist Shining Path guerrilla group, and military documents from the period advocate the sterilisation of ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jun 15»
3
CNMI advised to sterilise most stray dogs
The Northern Marianas is said to have 22,000 dogs and an animal welfare group says most of the strays should be sterilised. no caption. Photo: AFP. «Radio New Zealand, May 15»
4
Impose Emergency and sterilise Muslims, Christians forcibly, says …
A leader of Hindu Mahasabha on Saturday stoked a controversy saying Muslims and Christians must undergo sterilisation to restrict their growing population ... «Daily News & Analysis, Apr 15»
5
S.Africa HIV-positive women forced to sterilise: rights groups
Johannesburg (AFP) - Doctors at some public hospitals in South Africa have allegedly coerced dozens of HIV-positive women to undergo sterilisation over the ... «Yahoo News, Mar 15»
6
High-pressure processing plant to sterilise and preserve food …
A high-pressure processing plant to sterilise and preserve food is being considered for Manjimup in Western Australia's South West. Studies are currently ... «ABC Online, Feb 15»
7
Authorities can 'force entry' into mother-of-six's home to sterilise her …
The judge concluded that "therapeutic sterilisation" would be lawful and in the ... steps to convey her to hospital for the purposes of the sterilisation procedure.". «Evening Standard, Feb 15»
8
Mother-of-six with learning disabilities could be sterilised after …
A mother-of-six with learning disabilities could be sterilised after health authority and social services bosses asked a judge for permission to force entry into her ... «The Independent, Feb 15»
9
India should empower, not sterilise, women
In A Fine Balance, a novel by Rohinton Mistry set in India, one of the male protagonists has his legs amputated after a botched, enforced sterilisation. «Financial Times, Nov 14»
10
Indian sterilisation patient: 'I was slapped and told to calm down'
Yadav said she went voluntarily to the sterilisation camp on 8 November. ... from the unofficial targets set to sterilise women, to the appalling conditions in camps ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»

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