epitomize
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/
Verb
epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized)
- To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
- To be an epitome of.
- 1997, Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics, in Handbook of Logic and Language, ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99
- The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.
- 1997, Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics, in Handbook of Logic and Language, ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99
Synonyms
Derived terms
- epitomizer
- epitomization
- epitomistic
Translations
make an epitome
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be an epitome
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Portuguese
Verb
epitomize
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of epitomizar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of epitomizar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of epitomizar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of epitomizar
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