"epitomize" meaning in English

See epitomize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-epitomize.wav Forms: epitomizes [present, singular, third-person], epitomizing [participle, present], epitomized [participle, past], epitomized [past]
Etymology: From 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), {{tlb|en|American spelling|Oxford British spelling}} (American spelling, Oxford British English)
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Oxford spellings, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 65 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 33 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21 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), epitomiĝi (Esperanto), 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, unepitomized Related terms: epitomistic, epitomy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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