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instrumentalizes

instrumentalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of instrumentalize.

Meaning of instrumentalize

Verb

instrumentalize (third-person singular simple present instrumentalizes, present participle instrumentalizing, simple past and past participle instrumentalized)

  1. (transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal.
    • […] they also instrumentalize race to reinstate nostalgic, vanguard notions of political activism […]2002, Katrin Sieg, Ethnic Drag: Performing Race, Nation, Sexuality in West Germany
  2. (transitive) To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice

Questions about instrumentalizes

What is instrumentalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Instrumentalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of instrumentalize.

Words near instrumentalizes in the dictionary

  1. instrumentalizations
  2. instrumentalize
  3. instrumentalized
  4. instrumentalizer
  5. instrumentalizers
  6. instrumentalizes
  7. instrumentalizing
  8. instrumentally
  9. instrumentalness
  10. instrumentals
  11. instrumentaria

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