"epitomize" meaning in English

See epitomize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-epitomize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: epitomizes [present, singular, third-person], epitomizing [participle, present], epitomized [participle, past], epitomized [past]
Etymology: epitome + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|epitome|ize}} epitome + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized)
  1. To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US Translations (make an epitome): excerperen (Dutch), samenvatten (Dutch), résumer (French), összefoglal (Hungarian), összegez (Hungarian), kivonatol (Hungarian), tömörít (Hungarian), epitomizar (Portuguese), ut(j)eloviti (Serbo-Croatian), ovaplotiti (Serbo-Croatian), ot(j)eloviti (Serbo-Croatian), sammanfatta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-epitomize-en-verb-kjjikgbJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 65 35 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'make an epitome': 62 38
  2. To be an epitome of. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US Translations (be an epitome): belichamen (Dutch), in zich verenigen (Dutch), incarner (French), verkörpern (German), megtestesít (Hungarian), personifisere (Norwegian), representar (Occitan), incarnar (Occitan), personificar (Occitan), incarnar (Portuguese), personificar (Portuguese), representar (Portuguese), representera (Swedish), personifiera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-epitomize-en-verb-FBgwyDR0 Disambiguation of 'be an epitome': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sum up, epitomise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: epitomization, epitomizer Related terms: epitomistic, epitomy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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