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LITERALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does literalise mean?
• LITERALISE (verb)
The verb LITERALISE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: LITERALISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they literalise
... he / she / it literalises
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Past simple: literalised
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Past participle: literalised
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-ing form: literalising
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Past simple: literalised
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Past participle: literalised
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-ing form: literalising
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Sense 1
Meaning:
Make literal
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
literalise; literalize
Context example:
literalize metaphors
Hypernyms (to "literalise" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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