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verticalize

verticalize verb: to orient vertically.

Verb

verticalize (third-person singular simple present verticalizes, present participle verticalizing, simple past and past participle verticalized)

  1. (transitive) To orient vertically.
  2. (transitive) To adapt to a vertical market.
  3. To vertically integrate (to bring stages in the manufacturing process in-house).
  4. (urban studies) To densify through increasing building storeys and heights.

Forms of verticalize

third-person singular presentverticalizes
present participleverticalizing
past participleverticalized
pastverticalized

Origin of verticalize

From vertical + -ize.

Words formed from verticalize

Questions about verticalize

What does verticalize mean?
Verticalize means to orient vertically.
What part of speech is verticalize?
Verticalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of verticalize?
The past tense of verticalize is verticalized.

Words near verticalize in the dictionary

  1. verticalisms
  2. verticalities
  3. verticality
  4. verticalization
  5. verticalizations
  6. verticalize
  7. verticalized
  8. verticalizes
  9. verticalizing
  10. vertically
  11. vertically challenged

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