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dictionarize

dictionarize verb: to add (something) to a dictionary.

Verb

dictionarize (third-person singular simple present dictionarizes, present participle dictionarizing, simple past and past participle dictionarized)

  1. (transitive) To add (something) to a dictionary.
    • The word dictionarize has been dictionarized on Wiktionary.
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Forms of dictionarize

third-person singular presentdictionarizes
present participledictionarizing
past participledictionarized
pastdictionarized
alternative formdictionarise

Origin of dictionarize

From dictionary + -ize.

Words formed from dictionarize

Questions about dictionarize

What does dictionarize mean?
Dictionarize means to add (something) to a dictionary.
What part of speech is dictionarize?
Dictionarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dictionarize?
The past tense of dictionarize is dictionarized.

Words near dictionarize in the dictionary

  1. dictionarises
  2. dictionarising
  3. dictionarist
  4. dictionarists
  5. dictionarization
  6. dictionarize
  7. dictionarized
  8. dictionarizes
  9. dictionarizing
  10. dictionary
  11. dictionary attack

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