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foreignizes

foreignizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foreignize.

Meaning of foreignize

Verb

foreignize (third-person singular simple present foreignizes, present participle foreignizing, simple past and past participle foreignized)

  1. (transitive) To make foreign.
    • Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country.
  2. (transitive) To retain foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.
    Antonyms:
    domesticate

Questions about foreignizes

What is foreignizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Foreignizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foreignize.

Words near foreignizes in the dictionary

  1. foreignization
  2. foreignize
  3. foreignized
  4. foreignizer
  5. foreignizers
  6. foreignizes
  7. foreignizing
  8. foreignly
  9. foreignness
  10. foreignnesses
  11. foreigns

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