"novelize" meaning in English

See novelize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: novelizes [present, singular, third-person], novelizing [participle, present], novelized [participle, past], novelized [past]
Etymology: From novel + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|novel|ize}} novel + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} novelize (third-person singular simple present novelizes, present participle novelizing, simple past and past participle novelized)
  1. To adapt something to a fictional form, especially to adapt into a novel. Translations (to adapt to fiction): романизирам (romaniziram) (Bulgarian), novel·lar (Catalan), nouvelliser (French), novelar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-novelize-en-verb-ja65LLfa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'to adapt to fiction': 89 11
  2. (dated) To innovate. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-novelize-en-verb--z2xtH~l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: novelise

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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