"economize" meaning in English

See economize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /iˈkɑnəmaɪz/ [General-American], /iˈkɒnəmaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-economize.wav Forms: economizes [present, singular, third-person], economizing [participle, present], economized [participle, past], economized [past]
Etymology: From economy + -ize. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyḱ-|*nem-}}, {{af|en|economy|-ize}} economy + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} economize (third-person singular simple present economizes, present participle economizing, simple past and past participle economized)
  1. (intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance). Tags: intransitive
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  2. (transitive) To use frugally. Tags: transitive Translations (to use sparingly): اِقْتَصَدَ (iqtaṣada) (Arabic), اِدَّخَرَ (iddaḵara) (Arabic), economitzar (Catalan), estalviar (Catalan), 慳皮 (Chinese Cantonese), 悭皮 (alt: haan¹ pei⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 節約 (Chinese Mandarin), 节约 (jiéyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), 節省 (Chinese Mandarin), 节省 (jiéshěng) (Chinese Mandarin), 撙節 (Chinese Mandarin), 撙节 (zǔnjié) (Chinese Mandarin), bezuinigen (Dutch), economiseren (Dutch), ŝpari (Esperanto), économiser (French), épargner (French), einsparen (German), ökonomisieren (German), οικονομώ (oikonomó) (Greek), sparar (Ido), 節約する (setsuyaku suru) (alt: せつやくする) (Japanese), үнемдеу (ünemdeu) (Kazakh), 절약하다 (jeoryakhada) (Korean), whakamoamoa (Maori), whāomoomo (Maori), whakaomoomo (Maori), oszczędzać [imperfective] (Polish), oszczędzić [perfective] (Polish), zaoszczędzić [perfective] (Polish), эконо́мить (ekonómitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сэконо́мить (sɛkonómitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), эконо́мничать (ekonómničatʹ) [colloquial, imperfective] (Russian), сберега́ть (sberegátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сбере́чь (sberéčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), economizar (Spanish), ahorrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-economize-en-verb-PRXp~Uqx Disambiguation of 'to use sparingly': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: economise [UK], œconomise [obsolete], œconomize [archaic] Derived forms: economization, economizer Related terms: economic, economically, economics, economist, economy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To use frugally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frugal",
          "frugal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use frugally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈkɑnəmaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈkɒnəmaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "economise"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "œconomise"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "œconomize"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iqtaṣada",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "اِقْتَصَدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iddaḵara",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "اِدَّخَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "economitzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "estalviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "慳皮"
    },
    {
      "alt": "haan¹ pei⁴⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "悭皮"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "節約"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiéyuē",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "节约"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "節省"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiéshěng",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "节省"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "撙節"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔnjié",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "撙节"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "bezuinigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "economiseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "ŝpari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "économiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "épargner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "einsparen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "ökonomisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oikonomó",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "οικονομώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "sparar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せつやくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setsuyaku suru",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "節約する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ünemdeu",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "үнемдеу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeoryakhada",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "절약하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "whakamoamoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "whāomoomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "whakaomoomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszczędzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszczędzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaoszczędzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekonómitʹ",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "эконо́мить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sɛkonómitʹ",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сэконо́мить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekonómničatʹ",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "эконо́мничать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sberegátʹ",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сберега́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sberéčʹ",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сбере́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "economizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to use sparingly",
      "word": "ahorrar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "economize"
}

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