SCHEMATIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does schematize mean? 

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

1. formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula

2. give conventional form to

  Familiarity information: SCHEMATIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHEMATIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they schematize    ... he / she / it schematizes   
Past simple: schematized   
Past participle: schematized   
-ing form: schematizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

The chemists schematized the various reactions in a coherent fashion

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

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

"Schematize" entails doing...:

coordinate; organise; organize (bring order and organization to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

schema (a schematic or preliminary plan)

schema (an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world)

schematization (providing a chart or outline of a system)

scheme (a schematic or preliminary plan)

scheme (an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give conventional form to

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

schematise; schematize

Context example:

some art forms schematise designs into geometrical patterns

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

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

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

schema (an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world)

schematization (the act of reducing to a scheme or formula)

scheme (an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world)