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DEDIFFERENTIATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they dedifferentiate ... he / she / it dedifferentiates
Past simple: dedifferentiated
Past participle: dedifferentiated
-ing form: dedifferentiating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose specialization in form or function
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dedifferentiate" is one way to...):
develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
differentiate (become different during development)
Derivation:
dedifferentiation (the loss of specialization in form or function)
