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SYMMETRIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does symmetrize mean?
• SYMMETRIZE (verb)
The verb SYMMETRIZE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SYMMETRIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they symmetrize
... he / she / it symmetrizes
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Past simple: symmetrized
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Past participle: symmetrized
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-ing form: symmetrizing
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Past simple: symmetrized
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Past participle: symmetrized
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-ing form: symmetrizing
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Sense 1
Meaning:
Make symmetric
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
symmetrise; symmetrize
Context example:
symmetrized waves
Hypernyms (to "symmetrize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
symmetry ((mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane)
symmetry (balance among the parts of something)
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