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compartmentalize
com·part·men·tal·ize C0524400 (kŏm′pärt-mĕn′tl-īz′, kəm-pärt′-)tr.v. com·part·men·tal·ized, com·part·men·tal·iz·ing, com·part·men·tal·iz·es To separate into distinct parts, categories, or compartments: "You learn ... even the ability to compartmentalize ethics" (Ellen Goodman). com′part·men′tal·i·za′tion (-ĭ-zā′shən) n.compartmentalize (ˌkɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəˌlaɪz) or compartmentalisevb (usually tr) to put or divide into (compartments, categories, etc), esp to an excessive degree ˌcompartˌmentaliˈzation, ˌcompartˌmentaliˈsation ncom•part•men•tal•ize (kəm pɑrtˈmɛn tlˌaɪz, ˌkɒm pɑrt-) v.t. -ized, -iz•ing. to divide into categories or compartments. [1920–25] com•part•men`tal•i•za′tion, n. compartmentalize Past participle: compartmentalized Gerund: compartmentalizing
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compartmentalize | compartmentalize |
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I compartmentalize | you compartmentalize | he/she/it compartmentalizes | we compartmentalize | you compartmentalize | they compartmentalize |
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I compartmentalized | you compartmentalized | he/she/it compartmentalized | we compartmentalized | you compartmentalized | they compartmentalized |
Present Continuous |
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I am compartmentalizing | you are compartmentalizing | he/she/it is compartmentalizing | we are compartmentalizing | you are compartmentalizing | they are compartmentalizing |
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I have compartmentalized | you have compartmentalized | he/she/it has compartmentalized | we have compartmentalized | you have compartmentalized | they have compartmentalized |
Past Continuous |
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I was compartmentalizing | you were compartmentalizing | he/she/it was compartmentalizing | we were compartmentalizing | you were compartmentalizing | they were compartmentalizing |
Past Perfect |
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I had compartmentalized | you had compartmentalized | he/she/it had compartmentalized | we had compartmentalized | you had compartmentalized | they had compartmentalized |
Future |
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I will compartmentalize | you will compartmentalize | he/she/it will compartmentalize | we will compartmentalize | you will compartmentalize | they will compartmentalize |
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I will have compartmentalized | you will have compartmentalized | he/she/it will have compartmentalized | we will have compartmentalized | you will have compartmentalized | they will have compartmentalized |
Future Continuous |
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I will be compartmentalizing | you will be compartmentalizing | he/she/it will be compartmentalizing | we will be compartmentalizing | you will be compartmentalizing | they will be compartmentalizing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been compartmentalizing | you have been compartmentalizing | he/she/it has been compartmentalizing | we have been compartmentalizing | you have been compartmentalizing | they have been compartmentalizing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been compartmentalizing | you will have been compartmentalizing | he/she/it will have been compartmentalizing | we will have been compartmentalizing | you will have been compartmentalizing | they will have been compartmentalizing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been compartmentalizing | you had been compartmentalizing | he/she/it had been compartmentalizing | we had been compartmentalizing | you had been compartmentalizing | they had been compartmentalizing |
Conditional |
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I would compartmentalize | you would compartmentalize | he/she/it would compartmentalize | we would compartmentalize | you would compartmentalize | they would compartmentalize |
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I would have compartmentalized | you would have compartmentalized | he/she/it would have compartmentalized | we would have compartmentalized | you would have compartmentalized | they would have compartmentalized | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | compartmentalize - separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"compartmentalise, cut updisunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
compartmentalize compartmentaliseverb categorize or categorise, classify, pigeonhole, sectionalize or sectionalise It is impossible for people to fully compartmentalize their lives.Translationscompartmentalize
compartmentalize (something) into (something)To separate something into different parts or categories. We'll use cubicles to compartmentalize the office into smaller workspaces.See also: compartmentalizecompartmentalize something into somethingto segment or divide something into smaller things; to assign the parts of something into categories. We will have to compartmentalize this large area into a number of smaller offices. His brain seems to be compartmentalized into a number of different centers.See also: compartmentalizeMedicalSeeCompartmentalisecompartmentalize
Synonyms for compartmentalizeverb categorize or categoriseSynonyms- categorize or categorise
- classify
- pigeonhole
- sectionalize or sectionalise
Synonyms for compartmentalizeverb separate into isolated compartments or categoriesSynonymsRelated Words- disunite
- separate
- part
- divide
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