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PRONUNCIATION OF CONVENTIONALIZE

conventionalize  [kənˈvɛnʃənəˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONVENTIONALIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conventionalize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb conventionalize in English.

WHAT DOES CONVENTIONALIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of conventionalize in the English dictionary

The definition of conventionalize in the dictionary is to make conventional. Other definition of conventionalize is to simplify or stylize.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONVENTIONALIZE

PRESENT

Present
I conventionalize
you conventionalize
he/she/it conventionalizes
we conventionalize
you conventionalize
they conventionalize
Present continuous
I am conventionalizing
you are conventionalizing
he/she/it is conventionalizing
we are conventionalizing
you are conventionalizing
they are conventionalizing
Present perfect
I have conventionalized
you have conventionalized
he/she/it has conventionalized
we have conventionalized
you have conventionalized
they have conventionalized
Present perfect continuous
I have been conventionalizing
you have been conventionalizing
he/she/it has been conventionalizing
we have been conventionalizing
you have been conventionalizing
they have been conventionalizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I conventionalized
you conventionalized
he/she/it conventionalized
we conventionalized
you conventionalized
they conventionalized
Past continuous
I was conventionalizing
you were conventionalizing
he/she/it was conventionalizing
we were conventionalizing
you were conventionalizing
they were conventionalizing
Past perfect
I had conventionalized
you had conventionalized
he/she/it had conventionalized
we had conventionalized
you had conventionalized
they had conventionalized
Past perfect continuous
I had been conventionalizing
you had been conventionalizing
he/she/it had been conventionalizing
we had been conventionalizing
you had been conventionalizing
they had been conventionalizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will conventionalize
you will conventionalize
he/she/it will conventionalize
we will conventionalize
you will conventionalize
they will conventionalize
Future continuous
I will be conventionalizing
you will be conventionalizing
he/she/it will be conventionalizing
we will be conventionalizing
you will be conventionalizing
they will be conventionalizing
Future perfect
I will have conventionalized
you will have conventionalized
he/she/it will have conventionalized
we will have conventionalized
you will have conventionalized
they will have conventionalized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been conventionalizing
you will have been conventionalizing
he/she/it will have been conventionalizing
we will have been conventionalizing
you will have been conventionalizing
they will have been conventionalizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would conventionalize
you would conventionalize
he/she/it would conventionalize
we would conventionalize
you would conventionalize
they would conventionalize
Conditional continuous
I would be conventionalizing
you would be conventionalizing
he/she/it would be conventionalizing
we would be conventionalizing
you would be conventionalizing
they would be conventionalizing
Conditional perfect
I would have conventionalize
you would have conventionalize
he/she/it would have conventionalize
we would have conventionalize
you would have conventionalize
they would have conventionalize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been conventionalizing
you would have been conventionalizing
he/she/it would have been conventionalizing
we would have been conventionalizing
you would have been conventionalizing
they would have been conventionalizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you conventionalize
we let´s conventionalize
you conventionalize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to conventionalize
Past participle
conventionalized
Present Participle
conventionalizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONVENTIONALIZE


analyse
ˈænəˌlaɪz
annalize
ˈænəˌlaɪz
criminalize
ˈkrɪmɪnəˌlaɪz
decriminalize
diːˈkrɪmənəˌlaɪz
externalize
ɪkˈstɜːnəˌlaɪz
finalize
ˈfaɪnəˌlaɪz
institutionalise
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz
institutionalize
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz
internalize
ɪnˈtɜːnəˌlaɪz
internationalize
ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz
marginalize
ˈmɑːdʒɪnəˌlaɪz
nationalize
ˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz
penalize
ˈpiːnəˌlaɪz
personalize
ˈpɜːsənəˌlaɪz
professionalize
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlaɪz
psychoanalyse
ˌsaɪkəʊˈænəˌlaɪz
rationalise
ˈræʃənəˌlaɪz
rationalize
ˈræʃənəˌlaɪz
sensationalize
sɛnˈseɪʃənəˌlaɪz
signalize
ˈsɪɡnəˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONVENTIONALIZE

conventicler
convention
convention centre
conventional
Conventional Forces in Europe
conventional medicine
conventional weapons
conventional wisdom
conventionalisation
conventionalise
conventionalism
conventionalist
conventionalities
conventionality
conventionalization
conventionally
conventionary
conventioneer
conventioner
conventionist

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONVENTIONALIZE

Belize
capitalize
contextualize
crystalize
demoralize
generalize
idealize
immortalize
initialize
legalize
localize
materialize
naturalize
neutralize
normalize
realize
revitalize
socialize
specialize
vandalize
visualize

Synonyms and antonyms of conventionalize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «conventionalize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONVENTIONALIZE

Find out the translation of conventionalize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of conventionalize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conventionalize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

conventionalize
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conventionalize
570 millions of speakers

English

conventionalize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

conventionalize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

conventionalize
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

conventionalize
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conventionalize
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চলিত রীতিসংমত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conventionnaliser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Konvensional
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

konventionalisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

conventionalize
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

conventionalize
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Conventionalize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm theo lể nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

conventionalize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परंपरागत स्वरूपात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

konvensiyonelleştirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

conventionalize
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

conventionalize
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

conventionalize
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conventionalize
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

conventionalize
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorwaardelijk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

conventionalize
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

conventionalize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conventionalize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONVENTIONALIZE»

The term «conventionalize» is used very little and occupies the 157.032 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONVENTIONALIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «conventionalize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «conventionalize» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conventionalize

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONVENTIONALIZE»

Discover the use of conventionalize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conventionalize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Northrop Frye on Modern Culture
For if we conventionalize the opera in any direction, we immediately get something that is not an opera, however excellent an oratorio or ballet it may be. Therefore when Mozart's unerring instinct brought the opera to its highest pitch of  ...
Northrop Frye, Jan Gorak, 2003
2
The Craftsman and the Critic: Defining Usefulness and Beauty ...
At the least, to conventionalize was to make something less representational and more abstract to the point of becoming generic. At the most, to conventionalize made something specific to a culture, time, and place more universal, timeless, ...
Beverly Kay Brandt, 2009
3
Webster's II New Riverside Desk Dictionary: For Home, ...
conventionalize. •. copy-edit. weapons> -con*vcn'tion*al'i-ty n -con*ven'tion-«l-ly adv. con>veri'tion-al-ize (kan-ven'sha-ns-Hz') v. -izcd, -iz-ing. To make conventional. can-verge (ksn-vun') v. -verged, -verging. To approach a common point or ...
Daniel Webster, Editors Of Webster's II Dictionaries, Webster's New World Dictionary, 1995
4
Drawing Super Review
Conventional Design To conventionalize means to represent by symbol of some exact preconceived outline, rather than by an attempt to duplicate resemblance to a natural object. To conventionalize, for instance, is to produce an ornamental ...
Charles Lederer, Charles Lederer Research and Education Association Research & Education Association
5
The Origins of Language: What Nonhuman Primates Can Tell Us
In addition, chimpanzees appear to come closer than other animals to the human ability to conventionalize instrumental gestures. Human children conventionalize the originally instrumental arms-up gesture and use it to make a request.
Barbara J. King, 1999
6
Cross-Linguistic Variation and Efficiency
It is impossible for the grammar to conventionalize a response in this case in the form of standard phrasal categories and rules. Similarly, the (gradient) applicability of relativizer deletion in non-subject relative clauses in English and the ...
John A. Hawkins, 2014
7
The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations
How do social representations about large social groups such as civilizations impose themselves and how do they conventionalize different social groups? We suggest that this is mostly done through three main validating techniques: the ...
Chiara Bottici, Benoît Challand, 2013
8
Grand Strategy in the War Against Terrorism
Thomas R. Mockaitis, Paul B. Rich. There aretwo ways toexplain this penchantto conventionalize,andwhy it recurs.8 First, perspective is everything. From a conventional pointofview theorder of preferencefor how to wageanywar isvia armed ...
Thomas R. Mockaitis, Paul B. Rich, 2004
9
Edward Gordon Craig
So, he claimed, "if we were to conventionalize each movement and sound we should create, as it were, an impression of something flat ... To conventionalize life's movements and sounds is to create a new kind of life, and in my opinion that is ...
Jeffrey Akard, Nancy Isakson, 198
10
Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body
In this part of our self-concept, we conventionalize and attempt to make familiar what we may call the cosmic dimension—a dimension that is completely present to somatic experience yet, at the same time, utterly beyond human convention ...
Reginald A. Ray, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONVENTIONALIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conventionalize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Inescapable, apocalyptic dread: The terrifying nuclear autumn of 1983
Hans Morgenthau warned as early as 1976 that Teller and company was trying to “conventionalize nuclear war” out of ignorance about “the ... «Salon, Sep 13»
2
'We Are What We Are' Director Shares 5 Ways to Do Horror Reboots …
Don't Conventionalize for Conventions Sake. We Are What We Are has the foundation of a horror movie. Meaning, it could have been just ... «Hollywood Reporter, Sep 13»
3
The Art of Alfonso and Margaret Iannelli
... it—and if you wish to interpret that action, it is necessary to analyze it, find the basis of the action, the spirit of it, and conventionalize it.". «Chicago Tonight | WTTW, Aug 13»
4
Mechner Hatches a Historical Heist in "Templar"
... without coming under pressure to simplify or conventionalize the story somehow to make it more easily marketable. In a graphic novel you ... «Comic Book Resources, Jun 13»
5
Brand Messaging Focused Only on Women Is Stuck in the Past
But if advertisers just "conventionalize our conventions, stylize what is already a stylization," as one researcher noted, what's the harm? «AdAge.com, Feb 13»
6
Russia co-opts radical shock art
This attempt to conventionalize Voina's work, to bring shock at into what Natalia Sokol has called the “whoring” of the gallery is accomplished ... «Art Threat, Dec 11»
7
An Interview With Daniel Faber Foundations and the Environmental …
In this context, larger foundations such as Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie have a greater capacity to “disembody” and “conventionalize” a ... «CounterPunch, Sep 10»
8
The Dangerous Emily Dickinson
But publishers and editors wanted to conventionalize her poems by getting rid of those strange dashes and regularizing the rhyme. Emily preferred to wait until ... «Bookslut, Aug 10»
9
Roth on Roth
To rid the relationship of its perverse side, and conventionalize it, domesticate it. So that's why he wants that. He feels himself on the edge of ... «Wall Street Journal, Oct 09»
10
Naomi Watts Talks Liev, Heath
Watts refuses to say when or even if she and Schreiber will conventionalize their relationship. "It's not like I've grown up having this dream of a ... «Huffington Post, Jan 09»

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