"massify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: massifies [present, singular, third-person], massifying [participle, present], massified [participle, past], massified [past]
Etymology: mass + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mass|ify}} mass + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} massify (third-person singular simple present massifies, present participle massifying, simple past and past participle massified)
  1. (transitive and intransitive, anthropology) To become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Anthropology Translations (become oriented towards mass production): massifier (French), massificar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-massify-en-verb-zoALml~5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 49 51 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'become oriented towards mass production': 75 25
  2. (transitive, linguistics, rare) To use as a mass noun. Tags: rare, transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-massify-en-verb-Wj2byvpM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 49 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: massification, massifier Related terms: countify

Inflected forms

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