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verbalize

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To express in words.
  • intransitive verb Grammar To convert to use as a verb.
  • intransitive verb To express oneself in words.
  • intransitive verb To be verbose.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To convert into a verb. G. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., viii.
  • To use many words; be verbose or diffuse.
  • Also spelled verbalise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To convert into a verb; to verbify.
  • transitive verb To express in words.
  • intransitive verb To be verbose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To speak or to use words to express.
  • verb grammar To adapt a word of another part of speech as a verb.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb convert into a verb
  • verb express in speech
  • verb be verbose
  • verb articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

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Examples

  • It is fabulous to see you verbalize from the heart and your clarity on this significant subject can be easily seen.

    What to expect in Senate's Saturday health care vote 2009

  • "I never get involved, but I have to 'verbalize' that I will be deleting Daniels Reeves e-mails," one member wrote to the group, a motion that another writer seconded.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • People just want to 'verbalize' how wonderful JC would run a system that's ALREADY running well WITHOUT HIM, because that's all they have left and it makes them fell good.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 8 Ball 2009

  • Whether or not they can "verbalize" is of little consequence to them.

    The Daily News Transcript Homepage RSS 2009

  • I've never even come in contact with a moraine, let alone used it in a sentence and, no, you can't "verbalize" this noun by saying, "I was morained on an island, but luckily I had my top five favorite things: Dove chocolate squares, flip flops (my children have begged me to stop saying thongs), iced tea, poetry by Mary Oliver, and Johnny Depp.

    The Union - All Categories By Diane Dean-Epps Special to Sunday Express 2010

  • When Emily discovers that actually touching things (like snow) helps her to verbalize what she is seeing, I think for a moment we're going to explore this and gain a powerful metaphor for handling words and physically grasping the world around us.

    Michael Giltz: Theater: "Driving Miss Daisy" Sputters, "Wings" Doesn't Soar Michael Giltz 2010

  • When Emily discovers that actually touching things (like snow) helps her to verbalize what she is seeing, I think for a moment we're going to explore this and gain a powerful metaphor for handling words and physically grasping the world around us.

    Michael Giltz: Theater: "Driving Miss Daisy" Sputters, "Wings" Doesn't Soar Michael Giltz 2010

  • My guess is that if anything, Obama would verbalize his ideology using the same vocabulary that Eurocrats do.

    A Letter to America Daniel Hannan 2011

  • Habit 3: Selling past the close--the irresistible urge to verbalize and execute every possible step in the sales process.

    Marshall Goldsmith: When Service Turns to Sales Marshall Goldsmith 2011

  • Celeste will verbalize the need for nurturing and support in her close relationships.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

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