epitomize

English

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Etymology

epitome + -ize

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/

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.
  2. 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.

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Portuguese

Verb

epitomize

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of epitomizar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of epitomizar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of epitomizar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of epitomizar
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