"posterize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpəʊstəɹaɪz/ Audio: En-au-posterize.ogg [Australia] Forms: posterizes [present, singular, third-person], posterizing [participle, present], posterized [participle, past], posterized [past]
Etymology: poster + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|poster|ize}} poster + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} posterize (third-person singular simple present posterizes, present participle posterizing, simple past and past participle posterized)
  1. To reduce the number of colors in an image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones, with abrupt changes from one tone to another. Translations (act or process of posterizing): 色調分離 (Chinese Mandarin), 色调分离 (sèdiàofēnlí) (Chinese Mandarin), posterizar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-posterize-en-verb-uU~WwJ2p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'act or process of posterizing': 65 35
  2. (basketball, slang) To score a slam dunk by leaping over another player. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Basketball
    Sense id: en-posterize-en-verb-Kk9~KYww Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: posterization

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