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I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.
Jane Horrocks

Meaning of "idealise" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IDEALISE

idealise  [aɪˈdɪəˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IDEALISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Idealise 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 idealise in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO IDEALISE

PRESENT

Present
I idealise
you idealise
he/she/it idealises
we idealise
you idealise
they idealise
Present continuous
I am idealising
you are idealising
he/she/it is idealising
we are idealising
you are idealising
they are idealising
Present perfect
I have idealised
you have idealised
he/she/it has idealised
we have idealised
you have idealised
they have idealised
Present perfect continuous
I have been idealising
you have been idealising
he/she/it has been idealising
we have been idealising
you have been idealising
they have been idealising
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 idealised
you idealised
he/she/it idealised
we idealised
you idealised
they idealised
Past continuous
I was idealising
you were idealising
he/she/it was idealising
we were idealising
you were idealising
they were idealising
Past perfect
I had idealised
you had idealised
he/she/it had idealised
we had idealised
you had idealised
they had idealised
Past perfect continuous
I had been idealising
you had been idealising
he/she/it had been idealising
we had been idealising
you had been idealising
they had been idealising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you idealise
we let´s idealise
you idealise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to idealise
Past participle
idealised
Present Participle
idealising
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 IDEALISE


arterialize
ɑːˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz
dematerialize
ˌdiːməˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz
dialyse
ˈdaɪəˌlaɪz
editorialize
ˌɛdɪˈtɔːrɪəˌlaɪz
idealize
aɪˈdɪəˌlaɪz
immaterialize
ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz
industrialise
ɪnˈdʌstrɪəˌlaɪz
industrialize
ɪnˈdʌstrɪəˌlaɪz
labialise
ˈleɪbɪəˌlaɪz
materialize
məˈtɪərɪəˌlaɪz
memorialize
mɪˈmɔːrɪəˌlaɪz
mercurialize
mɜːˈkjʊərɪəˌlaɪz
parochialize
pəˈrəʊkɪəˌlaɪz
proverbialize
prəˈvɜːbɪəˌlaɪz
ptyalize
ˈtaɪəˌlaɪz
realise
ˈrɪəˌlaɪz
realize
ˈrɪəˌlaɪz
serialize
ˈsɪərɪəˌlaɪz
trivialise
ˈtrɪvɪəˌlaɪz
trivialize
ˈtrɪvɪəˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IDEALISE

ideal
ideal crystal
ideal element
ideal gas
ideal gas equation
ideal gas law
ideal point
idealess
idealiser
idealism
idealist
idealistic
idealistically
ideality
idealization
idealize
idealized
idealizer
ideally
idealness

WORDS THAT END LIKE IDEALISE

actualise
banalise
centralise
contextualise
equalise
finalise
focalise
generalise
institutionalise
legalise
materialise
Molise
mutualise
nationalise
normalise
penalise
radicalise
scandalise
socialise
totalise
valise

Synonyms and antonyms of idealise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «idealise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IDEALISE

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

Translator English - Chinese

理想化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

idealizar
570 millions of speakers

English

idealise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

idealise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تنسبون لها صفات مثالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

идеализировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

idealizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

idealise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

idéaliser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Idealis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

idealisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

idealise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이상화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Idealisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

idealise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

idealise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आदर्श
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

idealize
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

idealizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

idealizować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ідеалізувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

idealizez
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξιδανικεύει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

idealiseer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

idealisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

idealiserer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of idealise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IDEALISE»

The term «idealise» is normally little used and occupies the 135.411 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IDEALISE» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «IDEALISE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word idealise.
1
Jane Horrocks
I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.
2
Tove Jansson
People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural life - biting fleas, burying bones, rolling in garbage, barking up an empty tree all night... But what do they do themselves? Bury stuff that will rot in secret and then dig it up and bury it again and rant and rave under empty trees!
3
Richard Rogers
The one advantage of being dyslexic is that you are never tempted to look back and idealise your childhood.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IDEALISE»

Discover the use of idealise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to idealise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
I Have the Controls: Get Off Life's Autopilot and Take ...
IDEALISE,. VISUALISE,. REALISE. (IVR). ictor had me shaken with his remarks. I confessed to him that I was trying to do my best, but didn't know how to. There is comfort in acceptance, more so in front of your coach. There is no harm in letting  ...
Manish Kumar, 2011
2
From Reasons to Norms: On the Basic Question in Ethics
Idealise. Some people, sometimes called 'reason internalists', believe that Humean reasons, or reasons that can easily be defined in terms of Humean reasons, are the only reasons there are for action. Davidson seems to be one among them.
T?nnsj? Torbj?rn, 2009
3
Ethics and the A Priori: Selected Essays on Moral Psychology ...
According to Williams, the desires any particular subject ends up having after we idealise her desires need not be the same as the desires other subjects end up with after we idealise their desires. But I argue that, in order to suppose that the ...
Michael Smith, 2004
4
The Secret to Finding Financial Freedom Through Faith and ...
iDealise. As Stephen Covey puts it, “Begin with the end in mind.” Everything begins with an idea. Every creation and invention that we have and use today began with an idea in someone's mind. The light bulb, the telephone, the car and the ...
Derek L Kilpatrick, 2012
5
Studies in Classic American Literature
You can't idealise brute labour. That is to say, you can't idealise brute labour, without coming undone, as an idealist. 5 The soil! The great ideal of the soil. Novels like Thomas Hardy's and pictures like the Frenchman Millet's.* The soil.
D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Greenspan, Lindeth Vasey, 2003
6
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
Finally, the for the worship of Humanity will be thirteenth canto will idealise the surrounded with the tombs of the normal existence, speculative, tem- worthy dead : each placed in a poral, and practical. This last part sacred grove. The axis of the ...
‎1869
7
XX c. top
A special angle for looking at things allows us to idealise a place, a person, history, a certain resident of this student hostel called the Earth. There has been idealisation and hedonistic satisfactionfinding at all time, in all places, with all objects.
Vytenis Ro?ukas, 2014
8
MARXISM & THE GLOBAL FINACIAL CRIS
Individuals seek security by establishing on steady ground their mode of existence, whatever that be. Of the direct producers, slaves idealise labouring as freemen. Peasants idealise farming as owneroccupiers. Artisans idealise manufacturing ...
Hillel Ticktin, 2013
9
Wish-fulfilment in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: The ...
... megalomania with which it may now be joined is especially potent in circumstances of real threat.When people are frightened they idealise and cling. They regress to defensive grandiosity, idealise their leaders, call upon their omnipotent ...
Tamas Pataki, 2014
10
Russian (Re: Jagger, Mick)
The Impressionists' idealisation of the grubby life of the masses, from a certain angle, that's quite remarkable. A special angle for looking at things allows us to idealise a place, a person, history, a certain resident of this student hostel called the ...
Vytenis Rozukas, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IDEALISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term idealise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
EXCLUSIVE: Cara Delevingne On Hollywood, American Accents …
The plot explores how easy it is to get romantically fixated on people and idealise them, without knowing who they really are. “Quentin thinks ... «Marie Claire Australia, Jul 15»
2
Freedom Stories: what I've learned from filming Australia's asylum …
I don't want to idealise those people. I think part of the reason for their determination is the feeling that they must prove themselves, ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
3
Raheem Sterling criticism has to stop, football is ruthless too... if you …
Idealise your heroes if you want to but romanticise them at your peril. The reality is that most players who make it to the Premier League are ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
I'm a left-wing voter and I will be voting to leave the EU.
They idealise the EU as an enlightened project aimed at promoting diversity, equality, and tolerance. But with narrow economic thinking, ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
5
The dangers of Disney's film about Charles Darwin
Not only do we recognise that scientific discovery hardly ever happens this way (even if scientists themselves still like to tidy up and idealise ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
Why Hong Kong localism has no future
... while being basically ignorant of the outside world, they idealise our city that in reality has no real moral, intellectual or spiritual substance. «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
7
Reigniting the Sacred Fire
Antharjanam could only idealise women's freedom if they kept within the then existing social fabric. The author worshipped motherhood, but ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
8
Putting a finger on aggression
Seeing the hero beating the villain, and gaining power and momentum in the end, makes the children idealise the 'hero' in their minds. «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
9
You can't swim with us
“We tend to become self-critical, which makes us feel worse about ourselves and simultaneously idealise the other person into 'The One'.” FIRST AID “Write ... «The Sun, Jun 15»
10
(Mis)educating the education discourse
Not everyone can or indeed could speak that language the way those who idealise how racial amity existed in their classes (or schools) did. «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Jun 15»

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