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HOMOLOGIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homologize mean? 

HOMOLOGIZE (verb)
  The verb HOMOLOGIZE has 2 senses:

1. be homologousplay

2. make homologousplay

  Familiarity information: HOMOLOGIZE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOMOLOGIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they homologize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it homologizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: homologized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: homologized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: homologizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be homologous

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs

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

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

homology (the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Make homologous

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

homologise; homologize

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

equal; equalise; equalize; equate; match (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

homology (the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function)


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