HOMOLOGIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homologize mean? 

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

1. be homologous

2. make homologous

  Familiarity information: HOMOLOGIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMOLOGIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they homologize    ... he / she / it homologizes   
Past simple: homologized   
Past participle: homologized   
-ing form: homologizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be homologous

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

A person's arms homologize with a quadruped's forelimbs

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

agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

homology (the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make homologous

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

homologise; homologize

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

equal; equalise; equalize; equate; match (make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

homology (the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function)