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spectacularizing

spectacularizing is the present participle and gerund of spectacularize.

Meaning of spectacularize

Verb

spectacularize (third-person singular simple present spectacularizes, present participle spectacularizing, simple past and past participle spectacularized)

  1. (transitive) To make spectacular.
    • While I believe that the documentary format is a crucial part of media journalism, I think it in dubious taste to tell this particular set of stories in a context so full of spectacularizing visual tricks and special effects.2015 November 20, “The 11.8.15 Issue”, in New York Times

Questions about spectacularizing

What is spectacularizing the present participle and gerund of?
Spectacularizing is the present participle and gerund of spectacularize.

Words near spectacularizing in the dictionary

  1. spectacularities
  2. spectacularity
  3. spectacularize
  4. spectacularized
  5. spectacularizes
  6. spectacularizing
  7. spectacularly
  8. spectacularness
  9. spectaculars
  10. spectaculous
  11. spectaculum

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