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LITERALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they literalize ... he / she / it literalizes
Past simple: literalized
Past participle: literalized
-ing form: literalizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make literal
Example:
literalize metaphors
Synonyms:
literalise; literalize
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "literalize" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
spiritualize (give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense)
