bilingualizationn.
/bʌɪˌlɪŋɡw(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /baɪˌlɪŋɡwələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /baɪˌlɪŋɡwəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The process of becoming competent in the use of two languages; the action or process of making bilingual or bilingualizing.
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1961 Language 37 98 Linguists refer to this learning situation as language contact and to the particular learning process as bilingualization.
1974 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 5 208 It was only when the Flamigants..began to strive toward a bilingualization of the Belgian center itself that their activities evoked organized resistance.
1976 Carn Feb. 7/2 Gradual bi-lingualisation of sign posts and official notices.
1996 Foreign Affairs Sept.–Oct. 98 So much money is spent on bilingualization.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1961- plosives
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- plot
- plot against
- plot against another
- plot armour
- plot construction
- plot device
- plot formula
- plot interest
- plot line
- plot mad
- plot night
- plot of the long knives
- plot one variable against
- plot one variable against another
- plot owner
- plot point
- plot proof
- plot ratio
- plot room
- plot source
- plot twist
- plot-building
- plot-divided