Algeria needs to electrify its transportation sector.
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Electrify
//ɪˈlɛktɹɪfaɪ//
Synonyms for "electrify" (128 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- كَهْرَبَ verb (to communicate electricity to)
- كَهْرَبَ verb (to adapt for electric power)
Belarusian
1 entries- электрыфікава́ць verb (to adapt for electric power)
Catalan
4 entries- electrificar verb (to communicate electricity to)
- electrificar verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- electrificar verb (to adapt for electric power)
- electritzar verb (to excite suddenly and violently)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 電氣化 /电气化 verb (to adapt for electric power)
Esperanto
1 entries- elektrizi verb (to adapt for electric power)
French
4 entries- exciter verb (to excite suddenly and violently)
- électrifier verb (to communicate electricity to)
- électrifier verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- électrifier verb (to adapt for electric power)
Galician
3 entries- electrificar verb (to communicate electricity to)
- electrificar verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- electrificar verb (to adapt for electric power)
German
4 entries- elektrifizieren verb (to communicate electricity to)
- elektrifizieren verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- elektrifizieren verb (to adapt for electric power)
- elektrisieren verb (to excite suddenly and violently)
Greek
3 entries- ηλεκτρίζω verb (to communicate electricity to)
- ηλεκτρίζω verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- ηλεκτρίζω verb (to excite suddenly and violently)
Icelandic
1 entries- rafvæða verb (to communicate electricity to)
Ido
2 entries- elektrizar verb (to communicate electricity to)
- elektrizar verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
Italian
3 entries- elettrificare verb (to communicate electricity to)
- elettrificare verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- elettrificare verb (to adapt for electric power)
Kazakh
1 entries- электрлендіру verb (to adapt for electric power)
Māori
2 entries- whakahiko verb (to communicate electricity to)
- whakahiko verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
Polish
2 entries- elektryfikować verb (to adapt for electric power)
- zelektryfikować verb (to adapt for electric power)
Portuguese
4 entries- eletrificar verb (to communicate electricity to)
- eletrificar verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- eletrificar verb (to adapt for electric power)
- eletrizar verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
Russian
4 entries- наэлектризова́ть verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- электризова́ть verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- электрифици́ровать verb (to communicate electricity to)
- электрифици́ровать verb (to adapt for electric power)
Spanish
4 entries- electrificar verb (to communicate electricity to)
- electrificar verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- electrificar verb (to adapt for electric power)
- electrizar verb (to excite suddenly and violently)
Swedish
4 entries- elektrificera verb (to communicate electricity to)
- elektrificera verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
- elektrificera verb (to adapt for electric power)
- elektrifiera verb (to communicate electricity to)
Ukrainian
1 entries- електрифікува́ти verb (to adapt for electric power)
Welsh
2 entries- trydanu verb (to communicate electricity to)
- trydanu verb (to cause electricity to pass through)
Sample sentences
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The African continent has the world’s lowest rates of electrification, a fact that caught the attention of U.S. President Barack Obama when he visited the continent last year. So he announced an ambitious plan to electrify 20 million households in six countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Tanzania.
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to electrify a cable
Source: wiktionary
Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line."
Source: wiktionary
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