SYLLABIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syllabize mean? 

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

1. divide into syllables

2. utter with distinct articulation of each syllable

  Familiarity information: SYLLABIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYLLABIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they syllabize    ... he / she / it syllabizes   
Past simple: syllabized   
Past participle: syllabized   
-ing form: syllabizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide into syllables

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

syllabicate; syllabify; syllabise; syllabize

Context example:

syllabify the words

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

section; segment (divide into segments)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter with distinct articulation of each syllable

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

syllabise; syllabize

Context example:

The poet syllabized the verses he read

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

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)