CONVENTIONALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conventionalise mean? 

• CONVENTIONALISE (verb)
  The verb CONVENTIONALISE has 1 sense:

1. make conventional or adapt to conventions

  Familiarity information: CONVENTIONALISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONVENTIONALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they conventionalise    ... he / she / it conventionalises   
Past simple: conventionalised   
Past participle: conventionalised   
-ing form: conventionalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make conventional or adapt to conventions

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

conventionalise; conventionalize

Context example:

conventionalized behavior

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

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

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

conventionalisation (the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style)