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massify

/ˈmæ.sɪ.faɪ/

massify verb: to become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality.

Verb

massify (third-person singular simple present massifies, present participle massifying, simple past and past participle massified)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality.
  2. (rare, transitive) To use as a mass noun.
    • Under deviant vocabulary we include “verbing” of nouns (He tricycled away), and perhaps “massifying” of count nouns and “countifying” of mass nouns. (Note that the preceding sentence itself contains instances of deviant vocabulary in scare quotes.) “Massifying” and “countifying” are illustrated...1992, James F. Allen and Lenhart K. Schubert, “Language and Discourse in the TRAINS Project”, in Andrew Ortony, John Slack, and Oliviero Stock (editors), Communication From an Artificial Intelligence...

Forms of massify

third-person singular presentmassifies
present participlemassifying
past participlemassified
pastmassified

Origin of massify

From mass + -ify.

Words formed from massify

Questions about massify

What does massify mean?
Massify means to become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality.
What part of speech is massify?
Massify is a verb.
How do you pronounce massify?
Massify is pronounced /ˈmæ.sɪ.faɪ/.
What is the past tense of massify?
The past tense of massify is massified.

Words near massify in the dictionary

  1. massified
  2. massifier
  3. massifiers
  4. massifies
  5. massifs
  6. massify
  7. massifying
  8. Massihi
  9. Massilia
  10. Massilian
  11. Massilians

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