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EXTERNALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does externalise mean?
• EXTERNALISE (verb)
The verb EXTERNALISE has 2 senses:
2. make external or objective, or give reality to
Familiarity information: EXTERNALISE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: externalised
Past participle: externalised
-ing form: externalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Regard as objective
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
externalise; externalize; project
Hypernyms (to "externalise" is one way to...):
ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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 "externalise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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