EXTERIORIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exteriorize mean? 

• EXTERIORIZE (verb)
  The verb EXTERIORIZE has 2 senses:

1. bring outside the body for surgery, of organs

2. make external or objective, or give reality to

  Familiarity information: EXTERIORIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTERIORIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they exteriorize    ... he / she / it exteriorizes   
Past simple: exteriorized   
Past participle: exteriorized   
-ing form: exteriorizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bring outside the body for surgery, of organs

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bring outside; exteriorize

Hypernyms (to "exteriorize" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

exteriorization (embodying in an outward form)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make external or objective, or give reality to

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

exteriorise; exteriorize; externalise; externalize; objectify

Context example:

language externalizes our thoughts

Hypernyms (to "exteriorize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something