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LITERALIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does literalize mean?
• LITERALIZE (verb)
The verb LITERALIZE has 1 sense:
1. make literal
Familiarity information: LITERALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they literalize ... he / she / it literalizes
Past simple: literalized
Past participle: literalized
-ing form: literalizing
... he / she / it literalizes Past simple: literalized
Past participle: literalized
-ing form: literalizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make literal
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
literalise; literalize
Context example:
literalize metaphors
Hypernyms (to "literalize" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
spiritualize (give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense)
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