epitomize
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- epitomise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
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[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
- To be an epitome of.
- 1997, Michael Moortgat, “Categorial Type Logics”, in J. van Benthem, A. ter Meulen, editors, Handbook of Logic and Language, page 99:
- The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.
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[edit]make an epitome
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be an epitome
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Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]epitomize
- inflection of epitomizar: