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EPITOMISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they epitomise ... he / she / it epitomises
Past simple: epitomised
Past participle: epitomised
-ing form: epitomising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
Example:
The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "epitomise" is one way to...):
represent; stand for; symbolise; symbolize; typify (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
epitome (a standard or typical example)
epitome (a brief abstract (as of an article or book))
