epitomize

English

Alternative forms

epitomise

Etymology

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/

Verb

epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized)

To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
To be an epitome of.
- 1997, Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics, in Handbook of Logic and Language, ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99
  The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.

Synonyms

sum up

Derived terms

epitomizer
epitomization
epitomistic

Translations

make an epitome

Dutch: excerperen (nl), samenvatten (nl)
French: résumer (fr)
Hungarian: összefoglal (hu), összegez (hu), kivonatol (hu), tömörít (hu)

Portuguese: epitomizar
Swedish: sammanfatta (sv)

be an epitome

Dutch: belichamen (nl), in (nl) zich (nl) verenigen (nl)
German: verkörpern (de)
Hungarian: megtestesít (hu)

Occitan: representar, incarnar, personificar
Swedish: representera (sv), personifiera (sv)

Portuguese

Verb

epitomize

first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of epitomizar

third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of epitomizar

third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of epitomizar

third-person singular (você) negative imperative of epitomizar

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