epitomize

English

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Etymology

epitome + -ize

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/
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Verb

epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  1. To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
  2. To be an epitome of.
    • 1997, Michael Moortgat, “Categorial Type Logics”, in J. van Benthem, A. ter Meulen, editors, Handbook of Logic and Language, page 99:
      The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.

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Portuguese

Verb

epitomize

  1. inflection of epitomizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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