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instrumentalizing

instrumentalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 instrumentalizing

What is instrumentalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Instrumentalizing is the present participle and gerund of instrumentalize.

Words near instrumentalizing in the dictionary

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

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