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Qatarize

Qatarize verb: to render Qatari.

Verb

Qatarize (third-person singular simple present Qatarizes, present participle Qatarizing, simple past and past participle Qatarized)

  1. (transitive) To render Qatari.
    • adopts the policy of encouraging local contractors and insists on developing their capabilities and on completing the mainstays they require to take charge of implementing the state's construction projects and to fully Qatarize this sector.1977, Translations on Near East and North Africa, Joint Publications Research Service, 1977, Issues 1598–1602, page 278
    • The goal of Qatarization is to nationalize (Qatarize) 50% of total workforce.2007, MAS Al-Emadi, National Human Resource Development: A Multi-Level Perspective. link

Forms of Qatarize

third-person singular presentQatarizes
present participleQatarizing
past participleQatarized
pastQatarized

Origin of Qatarize

From Qatar + -ize.

Questions about Qatarize

What does Qatarize mean?
Qatarize means to render Qatari.
What part of speech is Qatarize?
Qatarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Qatarize?
The past tense of Qatarize is Qatarized.

Words near Qatarize in the dictionary

  1. Qatargate
  2. Qatari
  3. Qatariness
  4. Qataris
  5. Qatarization
  6. Qatarize
  7. Qatarized
  8. Qatarizes
  9. Qatarizing
  10. qatayef
  11. QATB

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