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单词 verbalize
释义

verbalize

[ vur-buh-lahyz ]
/ ˈvɜr bəˌlaɪz /
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verb (used with object), ver·bal·ized, ver·bal·iz·ing.

to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
Grammar. to convert into a verb: to verbalize “butter” into “to butter.”

verb (used without object), ver·bal·ized, ver·bal·iz·ing.

to use many words; be verbose.
to express something verbally.
Also especially British, ver·bal·ise .

Origin of verbalize

First recorded in 1600–10; verbal + -ize; compare French verbaliser

OTHER WORDS FROM verbalize

ver·bal·i·za·tion, nounver·bal·iz·er, nounnon·ver·bal·ized, adjectiveun·ver·bal·ized, adjective

Words nearby verbalize

verbal auxiliary, verbal irony, verbalism, verbalist, verbality, verbalize, verbally, verbal noun, verbascum, verbatim, verbatim et literatim
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Example sentences from the Web for verbalize

  • Whether she can verbalize it or not, family does seemingly come first.

    15 Hilarious Pageant Moments||June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • It is induced in his hearers, and they verbalize it, re-enforcing it in themselves and in him.

    Naudsonce|H. Beam Piper
  • It was getting tiresome to try to verbalize something she only felt.

    Omnilingual|H. Beam Piper
  • They wont have to wait for the Council to verbalize a measure.

    The Variable Man|Philip K. Dick

British Dictionary definitions for verbalize

verbalize

verbalise

/ (ˈvɜːbəˌlaɪz) /

verb

to express (an idea, feeling, etc) in words
to change (any word that is not a verb) into a verb or derive a verb from (any word that is not a verb)
(intr) to be verbose

Derived forms of verbalize

verbalization or verbalisation, nounverbalizer or verbaliser, noun
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