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verbalize
[ vur-buh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to express in words:
He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
- Grammar. to convert into a verb:
to verbalize “butter” into “to butter.”
verb (used without object)
- to use many words; be verbose.
- to express something verbally.
verbalize
/ ˈvɜːbəˌlaɪz /
verb
- to express (an idea, feeling, etc) in words
- to change (any word that is not a verb) into a verb or derive a verb from (any word that is not a verb)
- intr to be verbose
Derived Forms
- ˈverbalˌizer, noun
- ˌverbaliˈzation, noun
Other Words From
- verbal·i·zation noun
- verbal·izer noun
- non·verbal·ized adjective
- un·verbal·ized adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of verbalize1
Example Sentences
I verbalized what I wanted to accomplish, and then I went and did it every day.
Her voice is all grace and clarity as it moves across her throat, but when it’s time to verbalize the melody, she becomes artfully tentative, making her lyrics go soft and chewy in her mouth.
It brings back how hard it was to speak up, to verbalize it all for the first time.
Remote experiences deny therapists the nonverbal signals—how a person is sitting, bodily ticks like foot-tapping—that help them observe feelings a client isn’t verbalizing.
As she told The Lily earlier this year, writing was a means of self-expression when she found herself unable to verbalize her thoughts.
Whether she can verbalize it or not, family does seemingly come first.
In trying to explain and verbalize their shock, many British Jews made reference, in some way or another, to the Blood Libel.
They wont have to wait for the Council to verbalize a measure.
It was getting tiresome to try to verbalize something she only felt.
It is induced in his hearers, and they verbalize it, re-enforcing it in themselves and in him.
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