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EXTERIORIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make external or objective, or give reality to

Example:

language externalizes our thoughts

Synonyms:

exteriorise; exteriorize; externalise; externalize; objectify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "exteriorize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring outside the body for surgery, of organs

Synonyms:

bring outside; exteriorize

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "exteriorize" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

exteriorization (embodying in an outward form)

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