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gradualize

gradualize verb: to make gradual, or introduce gradually.

Verb

gradualize (third-person singular simple present gradualizes, present participle gradualizing, simple past and past participle gradualized)

  1. (transitive) To make gradual, or introduce gradually.

Forms of gradualize

third-person singular presentgradualizes
present participlegradualizing
past participlegradualized
pastgradualized

Origin of gradualize

From gradual + -ize.

Questions about gradualize

What does gradualize mean?
Gradualize means to make gradual, or introduce gradually.
What part of speech is gradualize?
Gradualize is a verb.
What is the past tense of gradualize?
The past tense of gradualize is gradualized.

Words near gradualize in the dictionary

  1. gradualist
  2. gradualistic
  3. gradualists
  4. gradualities
  5. graduality
  6. gradualize
  7. gradualized
  8. gradualizes
  9. gradualizing
  10. graduall
  11. gradually

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