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EXTERNALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they externalize ... he / she / it externalizes
Past simple: externalized
Past participle: externalized
-ing form: externalizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make external or objective, or give reality to
Example:
language externalizes our thoughts
Synonyms:
exteriorise; exteriorize; externalise; externalize; objectify
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "externalize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Regard as objective
Synonyms:
externalise; externalize; project
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "externalize" is one way to...):
ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
