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oralize

oralize verb: to speak out something that is written, to turn something written into something oral.

Verb

oralize (third-person singular simple present oralizes, present participle oralizing, simple past and past participle oralized)

  1. (US) To speak out something that is written, to turn something written into something oral.
  2. (slang, uncommon, vulgar) To perform oral sex upon.

Forms of oralize

third-person singular presentoralizes
present participleoralizing
past participleoralized
pastoralized
alternative formoralise

Origin of oralize

From oral + -ize.

Words formed from oralize

Questions about oralize

What does oralize mean?
Oralize means to speak out something that is written, to turn something written into something oral.
What part of speech is oralize?
Oralize is a verb.
What is the past tense of oralize?
The past tense of oralize is oralized.

Words near oralize in the dictionary

  1. oralities
  2. orality
  3. oralizable
  4. oralization
  5. oralizations
  6. oralize
  7. oralized
  8. oralizer
  9. oralizers
  10. oralizes
  11. oralizing

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