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VERBALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does verbalize mean? 

VERBALIZE (verb)
  The verb VERBALIZE has 4 senses:

1. be verboseplay

2. express in speechplay

3. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noiseplay

4. convert into a verbplay

  Familiarity information: VERBALIZE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


VERBALIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they verbalize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it verbalizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: verbalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: verbalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: verbalizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be verbose

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

verbalise; verbalize

Context example:

This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious

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

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Verb group:

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


Sense 2

Meaning:

Express in speech

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize

Context example:

This depressed patient does not verbalize

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

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Verb group:

verbalise; verbalize (be verbose)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "verbalize"):

murmur (speak softly or indistinctly)

snivel; whine (talk in a tearful manner)

open up (talk freely and without inhibition)

jaw; rattle on; yack; yack away; yap away (talk incessantly and tiresomely)

chatter (make noise as if chattering away)

blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)

generalise; generalize (speak or write in generalities)

deliver; present (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea))

sing (produce tones with the voice)

inflect; modulate; tone (vary the pitch of one's speech)

maunder; mumble; mussitate; mutter (talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice)

slur (utter indistinctly)

bark (speak in an unfriendly tone)

bay (utter in deep prolonged tones)

jabber; mouth off; rabbit on; rant; rave; spout (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)

hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz (express or utter with a hiss)

cackle (talk or utter in a cackling manner)

babble (utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way)

chant; intone; tone (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically)

gulp (utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly)

enthuse (utter with enthusiasm)

read (look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed)

phonate; vocalise; vocalize (utter speech sounds)

troll (speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice)

begin (begin to speak or say)

lip off; shoot one's mouth off (speak spontaneously and without restraint)

shout (utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking))

whisper (speak softly; in a low voice)

peep (speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice)

speak up (speak louder; raise one's voice)

snap; snarl (utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone)

blunder; blunder out; blurt; blurt out; ejaculate (utter impulsively)

speak in tongues (speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy)

swallow (utter indistinctly)

verbalise; verbalize (be verbose)

whiff (utter with a puff of air)

talk about; talk of (discuss or mention)

blubber; blubber out (utter while crying)

drone; drone on (talk in a monotonous voice)

bumble; falter; stammer; stutter (speak haltingly)

rasp (utter in a grating voice)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

verbalization (the activity of expressing something in words)

verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))


Sense 3

Meaning:

Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

express; give tongue to; utter; verbalise; verbalize

Context example:

He uttered a curse

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "verbalize"):

wish (make or express a wish)

blaspheme; curse; cuss; imprecate; swear (utter obscenities or profanities)

hurl; throw (utter with force; utter vehemently)

pooh-pooh (express contempt about)

say; state; tell (express in words)

represent (serve as a means of expressing something)

say (utter aloud)

platitudinize (utter platitudes)

get off (deliver verbally)

pour out (express without restraint)

breathe (utter or tell)

raise (cause to be heard or known; express or utter)

voice (give voice to)

marvel (express astonishment or surprise about something)

shout out; vociferate (utter in a very loud voice)

clamor; clamour (utter or proclaim insistently and noisily)

call out; cry; cry out; exclaim; outcry; shout (utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy)

drop (utter with seeming casualness)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 4

Meaning:

Convert into a verb

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

verbalise; verbalize

Context example:

many English nouns have become verbalized

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

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Domain category:

language; speech (the mental faculty or power of vocal communication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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