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iconize

iconize verb: to form an image or likeness of someone.

Verb

iconize (third-person singular simple present iconizes, present participle iconizing, simple past and past participle iconized)

  1. (transitive) To form an image or likeness of someone.
  2. (transitive) To minimize (a window) on a computer screen, replacing it with a representative icon.

Forms of iconize

third-person singular presenticonizes
present participleiconizing
past participleiconized
pasticonized

Origin of iconize

From icon + -ize.

Words formed from iconize

Questions about iconize

What does iconize mean?
Iconize means to form an image or likeness of someone.
What part of speech is iconize?
Iconize is a verb.
What is the past tense of iconize?
The past tense of iconize is iconized.

Words near iconize in the dictionary

  1. iconistic
  2. iconistically
  3. Iconium
  4. iconization
  5. iconizations
  6. iconize
  7. iconized
  8. iconizes
  9. iconizing
  10. iconless
  11. iconlike

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