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substantivize

substantivize verb: american and Oxford British English standard spelling of substantivise.

Verb

substantivize (third-person singular simple present substantivizes, present participle substantivizing, simple past and past participle substantivized)

  1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of substantivise.

Forms of substantivize

third-person singular presentsubstantivizes
present participlesubstantivizing
past participlesubstantivized
pastsubstantivized

Origin of substantivize

From substantive + -ize.

Words formed from substantivize

Questions about substantivize

What does substantivize mean?
Substantivize means american and Oxford British English standard spelling of substantivise.
What part of speech is substantivize?
Substantivize is a verb.
What is the past tense of substantivize?
The past tense of substantivize is substantivized.

Words near substantivize in the dictionary

  1. substantivists
  2. substantivities
  3. substantivity
  4. substantivization
  5. substantivizations
  6. substantivize
  7. substantivized
  8. substantivizer
  9. substantivizers
  10. substantivizes
  11. substantivizing

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