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nounize

nounize verb: to change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.

Verb

nounize (third-person singular simple present nounizes, present participle nounizing, simple past and past participle nounized)

  1. (transitive) To change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.
    • there (nounized)1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
    Synonyms:
    nominalize

Synonyms of nounize

Forms of nounize

third-person singular presentnounizes
present participlenounizing
past participlenounized
pastnounized

Origin of nounize

From noun + -ize.

Questions about nounize

What does nounize mean?
Nounize means to change (an adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun.
What part of speech is nounize?
Nounize is a verb.
What is the past tense of nounize?
The past tense of nounize is nounized.

Words near nounize in the dictionary

  1. nounifies
  2. nounify
  3. nounifying
  4. nouniness
  5. nouning
  6. nounize
  7. nounized
  8. nounizes
  9. nounizing
  10. nounless
  11. nounlessness

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