compartmentalize

English

Alternative forms

compartmentalise

Etymology

compartmental +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kɒmpɑː(ɹ)tˈmɛnt(ə)laɪz/
(US) IPA^(key): /kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/, /kəmpɑɹtˈmɛntl̩ˌaɪz/
Hyphenation: com‧part‧men‧tal‧ize

Verb

compartmentalize (third-person singular simple present compartmentalizes, present participle compartmentalizing, simple past and past participle compartmentalized)

(transitive) To separate something into different categories or compartments.

Derived terms

compartmentalism
compartmentalization

Translations

separate into different categories

Chinese:
Mandarin: 劃分 (zh), 划分 (zh) (huàfēn)

Finnish: osastoida, jaotella (fi)
Romanian: compartimenta (ro)

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