REVOLUTIONISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does revolutionise mean? 

• REVOLUTIONISE (verb)
  The verb REVOLUTIONISE has 2 senses:

1. fill with revolutionary ideas

2. change radically

  Familiarity information: REVOLUTIONISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REVOLUTIONISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they revolutionise    ... he / she / it revolutionises   
Past simple: revolutionised   
Past participle: revolutionised   
-ing form: revolutionising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill with revolutionary ideas

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

inspire; revolutionise; revolutionize

Hypernyms (to "revolutionise" is one way to...):

indoctrinate (teach doctrines to; teach uncritically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

revolution (a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Change radically

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

overturn; revolutionise; revolutionize

Context example:

E-mail revolutionized communication in academe

Hypernyms (to "revolutionise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

revolution (a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving)

 Context examples 

When an individual has revolutionised therapeutics by his discovery of the continuous evolution of brain-matter, conventional forms are unfitting, since they would seem to limit him to one of a class.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Since the discovery of penicillin, the introduction of antibiotics to treat infections has revolutionised medicine and healthcare, saving millions of lives.

(Widely-available antibiotics could be used in the treatment of ‘superbug’ MRSA, University of Cambridge)

It will revolutionise the methods of investigating evolution based on molecular markers and it will open a complete new field of ancient biomolecular studies.

(‘Game-changing’ research could solve evolution mysteries, University of Cambridge)

The research could now be used to revolutionise the systems used for renewable energy production.

(Scientists pioneer a new way to turn sunlight into fuel, University of Cambridge)