fortify

/ˈfɔːr.t̬əˌfaɪ/

意味: 強化する、築く

例文: Haruki fortified his pillow fort with books.
　　  ハルキは本で枕の要塞を強化した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: fortify a city(都市を強化する), fortify defenses(防御を強化する), fortify a position(位置を強化する)

定義: 何かを強くすること、特に防御や保護を強化することを指します。建物や場所をより安全にするために壁や障害物を追加することも含まれます。また、食べ物や飲み物に栄養を追加して健康に良くすることも意味します。

fortifyは約1,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: make strong or stronger
Verb: enclose by or as if by a fortification
Verb: prepare oneself for a military confrontation
Verb: add nutrients to
Verb: add alcohol to (beverages)

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

We need to fortify the walls before the storm arrives.(嵐が来る前に壁を強化する必要があります。)
The team worked hard to fortify their defense strategy.(チームは守備戦略を強化するために努力しました。)
She took vitamins to fortify her immune system.(彼女は免疫力を強化するためにビタミンを摂りました。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: This exercise will strengthen your upper body
Verb: strengthen the relations between the two countries
Verb: The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
Verb: troops are building up on the Iraqi border
Verb: fortified milk
Verb: the punch is spiked!

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): arm, beef up, build up, fort, fortify, gird, lace, spike, strengthen

Antonyms(反意語): disarm, weaken

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): add, change, enclose

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, add on, adjoin, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, bank, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, button, butylate, calcify, camp, capture, casket, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, compound, concatenate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corral, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cry, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dike, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embower, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, encapsulate, encase, end, enrich, enshrine, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fence, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, fortify, frame, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, gild the lily, glamorize, glass, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hedge, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immerse, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, include, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inject, inseminate, insulate, intensify, intercalate, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, milk, mince, mix, modify, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, punctuate, purify, put, put on, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, rope in, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, stud, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, supplement, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, tuck, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, wall in, warm, weaken, weaponize, welt, wet, widen, work in, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): batten, brace, buttress, confirm, embattle, forearm, rearm, reinforce, restrengthen, ruggedize, substantiate, trench, undergird, vitalize

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: arm, armament, armor, fort, fortification, lacing, strengthener, strengthening

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Suffixes(接尾辞): y

Exam Level

英検1級

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive