compartmentalize

Syllables: com·part·men·tal·izeUK/kɒmpɑː(ɹ)tˈmɛnt(ə)laɪz//kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/

compartmentalize verb: to separate something into different categories, or compartments.

Verb

compartmentalize (third-person singular simple present compartmentalizes, present participle compartmentalizing, simple past and past participle compartmentalized)

(transitive) To separate something into different categories, or compartments.
- In summary, we find the below listed empirical observations coming from our analysis of our Google hospital reviews ¶ The 11 identified valenced topics do not line up well with the standard way that the CMS and other surveys use to measure experiences, i.e., patients do not compartmentalize most of...2024 July 18, Nah Lee, Richard Staelin, “Patient text reviews and preference estimation”, in Marketing Letters, →DOI
- Mediators and co-activators BRD4 and MED1 form phase-separated droplets at SEs that compartmentalize and concentrate the transcription apparatus, suggesting a significant role for co-activators in this process and revealing the regulation mechanisms of function and structure of SE involved in the...2024 August 1, Hongying Ma, Jian Qu, Zicheng Pang, Jian Luo, Min Yan, Weixin Xu, Haihui Zhuang, Linxin Liu, Qiang Qu, “Super-enhancer omics in stem cell”, in Molecular Cancer, volume 23, →DOI...

বিভাজন করা, পৃথক রাখা

categorize, pigeonhole, bracket: അറതിരിക്കുക, പരസ്പരബന്ധം മുറിക്കുക, ഗണങ്ങളാക്കുക, വകുപ്പുകളായി തിരിക്കുക, വർഗ്ഗങ്ങളായി അടുക്കുക, ഒരു ഇനത്തിൽ പെടുത്തുക

Russia and Iran see the wars against Israel and Ukraine as indelibly linked — and we in the West would be foolish to compartmentalize them.2024 August 13, Daniel Kochis, “Russia’s links with Iran are growing stronger”, in Politico:
(He [speaker Mike Johnson] recently said that women, unlike men, are unable to “compartmentalize” their thoughts.)2025 December 9, Michelle Goldberg, “Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists”, in The New York Times, New York...
I shook my head at what I saw as this man’s almost pathological ability to compartmentalize the madness he likely played a role in and the quaint, pastoral life he led at the same time.2026 January 15, Shalom Auslander, “They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New...

third-person singular present	compartmentalizes
present participle	compartmentalizing
past participle	compartmentalized
past	compartmentalized
alternative form	compartmentalise

From compartmental + -ize.

What does compartmentalize mean?: Compartmentalize means to separate something into different categories, or compartments.
What is compartmentalize in Bengali?: Compartmentalize in Bengali is বিভাজন করা, পৃথক রাখা. See Compartmentalize meaning in Bengali.
How do you use compartmentalize in a sentence?: Russia and Iran see the wars against Israel and Ukraine as indelibly linked — and we in the West would be foolish to compartmentalize them.
What part of speech is compartmentalize?: Compartmentalize is a verb.
How do you pronounce compartmentalize?: Compartmentalize is pronounced /kɒmpɑː(ɹ)tˈmɛnt(ə)laɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of compartmentalize?: The past tense of compartmentalize is compartmentalized.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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