"relativize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-relativize.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: relativizes [present, singular, third-person], relativizing [participle, present], relativized [participle, past], relativized [past]
Etymology: relative + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|relative|ize}} relative + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} relativize (third-person singular simple present relativizes, present participle relativizing, simple past and past participle relativized)
  1. To make one thing relative to another.
    Sense id: en-relativize-en-verb-D6fzqjzh
  2. (grammar) To make relative. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (to make relative to): suhteuttaa (Finnish), suhteellistaa (Finnish), relativiser (French), relativizzare (Italian), релятивизи́ровать (reljativizírovatʹ) (Russian), релятивизова́ть (reljativizovátʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-relativize-en-verb-YBNm9VSd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 30 70 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to make relative to': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: relativise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: relativization, relativizer

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