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verbalizing

verbalizing is the present participle and gerund of verbalize.

Meaning of verbalize

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.

Forms of verbalizing

alternative formverbalising

Questions about verbalizing

What is verbalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Verbalizing is the present participle and gerund of verbalize.

Words near verbalizing in the dictionary

  1. verbalize
  2. verbalized
  3. verbalizer
  4. verbalizers
  5. verbalizes
  6. verbalizing
  7. verballed
  8. verballing
  9. verbally
  10. verbalness
  11. verbals

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