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tangentialize

tangentialize verb: to make tangential; to bring or drive away from its natural course.

Verb

tangentialize (third-person singular simple present tangentializes, present participle tangentializing, simple past and past participle tangentialized)

  1. (transitive) To make tangential; to bring or drive away from its natural course.
    • "[…] they're trying to get from start to finish, I will sort of tangentialize the conversation so people look at the journey in different ways, or with different possibilities."2002, Naomi Odenkirk, Mr. Show: What Happened? - Page 46

Forms of tangentialize

third-person singular presenttangentializes
present participletangentializing
past participletangentialized
pasttangentialized

Origin of tangentialize

From tangential + -ize.

Questions about tangentialize

What does tangentialize mean?
Tangentialize means to make tangential; to bring or drive away from its natural course.
What part of speech is tangentialize?
Tangentialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of tangentialize?
The past tense of tangentialize is tangentialized.

Words near tangentialize in the dictionary

  1. tangential triangle
  2. tangential velocities
  3. tangential velocity
  4. tangentialities
  5. tangentiality
  6. tangentialize
  7. tangentialized
  8. tangentializes
  9. tangentializing
  10. tangentially
  11. tangenting

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