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EXTERIORIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exteriorize mean?
• EXTERIORIZE (verb)
The verb EXTERIORIZE has 2 senses:
1. bring outside the body for surgery, of organs
2. make external or objective, or give reality to
Familiarity information: EXTERIORIZE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: exteriorized
Past participle: exteriorized
-ing form: exteriorizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring outside the body for surgery, of organs
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bring outside; exteriorize
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make external or objective, or give reality to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
exteriorise; exteriorize; externalise; externalize; objectify
Context example:
language externalizes our thoughts
Hypernyms (to "exteriorize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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