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HOMOLOGIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does homologize mean?
• HOMOLOGIZE (verb)
The verb HOMOLOGIZE has 2 senses:
Familiarity information: HOMOLOGIZE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: homologized
Past participle: homologized
-ing form: homologizing
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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