verbalize
to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
Grammar. to convert into a verb: to verbalize “butter” into “to butter.”
to use many words; be verbose.
to express something verbally.
Origin of verbalize
1- Also especially British, ver·bal·ise .
Other words from verbalize
- ver·bal·i·za·tion, noun
- ver·bal·iz·er, noun
- non·ver·bal·ized, adjective
- un·ver·bal·ized, adjective
Words Nearby verbalize
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How to use verbalize in a sentence
I verbalized what I wanted to accomplish, and then I went and did it every day.
Portland Trail Blazers CJ McCollum on Dreaming Big, Working Hard | Isabelle Lee | February 13, 2022 | OzyHer 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.
Yes, you can judge this Snoh Aalegra album by its cover | Chris Richards | July 30, 2021 | Washington PostIt brings back how hard it was to speak up, to verbalize it all for the first time.
Simone Biles was abandoned by American Olympic officials, and the torment hasn’t stopped | Sally Jenkins | July 29, 2021 | Washington PostRemote 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.
Uyghurs outside China are traumatized. Now they’re starting to talk about it | Andrew McCormick | June 16, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewAs she told The Lily earlier this year, writing was a means of self-expression when she found herself unable to verbalize her thoughts.
Amanda Gorman reads poem ‘The Hill We Climb’ at inauguration | Amy B Wang | January 20, 2021 | Washington Post
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.
A 10-Point Guide To Anti-Semitism And Its Perception | Mark Gardner | February 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey wont have to wait for the Council to verbalize a measure.
The Variable Man | Philip K. DickIt was getting tiresome to try to verbalize something she only felt.
Omnilingual | H. Beam PiperIt is induced in his hearers, and they verbalize it, re-enforcing it in themselves and in him.
Naudsonce | H. Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for verbalize
verbalise
/ (ˈvɜːbəˌlaɪz) /
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 of verbalize
- verbalization or verbalisation, noun
- verbalizer or verbaliser, noun
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