"jargonize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: jargonizes [present, singular, third-person], jargonizing [participle, present], jargonized [participle, past], jargonized [past]
Etymology: jargon + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|jargon|ize}} jargon + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} jargonize (third-person singular simple present jargonizes, present participle jargonizing, simple past and past participle jargonized)
  1. (intransitive) To speak or write using jargon. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-jargonize-en-verb-Ek66fhaC
  2. (transitive) To convert into jargon; to express using jargon. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-jargonize-en-verb-dWW3VZK8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jargonise Derived forms: jargonization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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