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detotalizing

detotalizing is the present participle and gerund of detotalize.

Meaning of detotalize

Verb

detotalize (third-person singular simple present detotalizes, present participle detotalizing, simple past and past participle detotalized)

  1. (transitive) To cause (something) no longer to be the total state of things, by means of adding something further that is not a part of it; to make incomplete by addition.

Questions about detotalizing

What is detotalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Detotalizing is the present participle and gerund of detotalize.

Words near detotalizing in the dictionary

  1. detotalization
  2. detotalizations
  3. detotalize
  4. detotalized
  5. detotalizes
  6. detotalizing
  7. detour
  8. detoured
  9. detouring
  10. detourings
  11. detouristified

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