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verbalize

/ˈvɜɹbəlaɪz/

verbalize verb: to speak or to use words to express.

Verb

verbalize (third-person singular simple present verbalizes, present participle verbalizing, simple past and past participle verbalized)

  1. (transitive) To speak or to use words to express.
    • Bill became tongue-tied and could not verbalize his thoughts in the presence of the girl he had a crush on.
  2. (transitive) To adapt (a word of another part of speech) as a verb.

verbalize meaning in Tamil

verbalize in Tamil

பெயர் முதலியவற்றை வினையாக்கு, மிகுசொல் வழங்கு, மிகுசொல்லாட்சி பயில்

Forms of verbalize

third-person singular presentverbalizes
present participleverbalizing
past participleverbalized
pastverbalized
alternative formverbalise

Past tense of verbalize: verbalized

Origin of verbalize

Partly from Middle French verbaliser and partly from verbal + -ize.

Words formed from verbalize

Questions about verbalize

What does verbalize mean?
Verbalize means to speak or to use words to express.
What is verbalize in Tamil?
Verbalize in Tamil is பெயர் முதலியவற்றை வினையாக்கு, மிகுசொல் வழங்கு, மிகுசொல்லாட்சி பயில். See Verbalize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is verbalize?
Verbalize is a verb.
How do you pronounce verbalize?
Verbalize is pronounced /ˈvɜɹbəlaɪz/.
What is the past tense of verbalize?
The past tense of verbalize is verbalized.

Words near verbalize in the dictionary

  1. verbalities
  2. verbality
  3. verbalizable
  4. verbalization
  5. verbalizations
  6. verbalize
  7. verbalized
  8. verbalizer
  9. verbalizers
  10. verbalizes
  11. verbalizing

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