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Meaning of "lionize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIONIZE

lionize  [ˈlaɪəˌnaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIONIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lionize 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 lionize in English.

WHAT DOES LIONIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lionize in the English dictionary

The definition of lionize in the dictionary is to treat as or make into a celebrity.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LIONIZE

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you lionize
we let´s lionize
you lionize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to lionize
Past participle
lionized
Present Participle
lionizing
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 LIONIZE


Australianise
ɒˈstreɪlɪəˌnaɪz
Australianize
ɒˈstreɪlɪəˌnaɪz
avianize
ˈeɪvɪəˌnaɪz
corinthianize
kəˈrɪnθɪəˌnaɪz
de-ionize
diːˈaɪəˌnaɪz
Ebionize
ˈiːbɪəˌnaɪz
Europeanise
ˌjʊərəˈpɪəˌnaɪz
Europeanize
ˌjʊərəˈpɪəˌnaɪz
ionise
ˈaɪəˌnaɪz
ionize
ˈaɪəˌnaɪz
kyanise
ˈkaɪəˌnaɪz
kyanize
ˈkaɪəˌnaɪz
lionise
ˈlaɪəˌnaɪz
pedestrianise
pɪˈdɛstrɪəˌnaɪz
pedestrianize
pɪˈdɛstrɪəˌnaɪz
photoionize
ˌfəʊtəʊˈaɪəˌnaɪz
presbyterianize
ˌprɛzbɪˈtɪərɪəˌnaɪz
proletarianise
ˌprəʊlɪˈteərɪəˌnaɪz
sectarianize
sɛkˈtɛərɪəˌnaɪz
utopianize
juːˈtəʊpɪəˌnaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIONIZE

lion
lion cub
lion-hearted
lion-heartedly
lion-hunter
lion-tamer
lion´s share
lioncel
lioness
lionet
lionfish
lionheartedness
lionisation
lionise
lioniser
lionism
lionization
lionizer
lionlike
lionly

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIONIZE

agonize
antagonize
canonize
carbonize
colonize
decolonize
demonize
disharmonize
harmonize
matronize
organize
patronize
peptonize
recolonize
resynchronize
revolutionize
sectionize
sermonize
synchronize
unionize
weaponize

Synonyms and antonyms of lionize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIONIZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lionize» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lionize

Translation of «lionize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIONIZE

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

Translator English - Chinese

lionize
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agasajar
570 millions of speakers

English

lionize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चापलूसी करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lionize
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

осматривать достопримечательности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

noto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lionize
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fêter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lionize
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vergöttern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lionize
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lionize
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lionize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm nổi danh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lionize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिंहीण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dikkat çekmesini sağlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trattare come una celebrità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lionize
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оглядати визначні пам´ятки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

face o vedetă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λεοντοποιώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toerisme-aantreklikhede besoek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lionize
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lionize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lionize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIONIZE»

The term «lionize» is regularly used and occupies the 104.328 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIONIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lionize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lionize» 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 lionize

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIONIZE»

Discover the use of lionize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lionize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Legacy of a Singular Life: Hazel Almeda Boulton
It isn't wise to lionize the mouse, It isn't smart to put him on a dais, It will not work to toast him with your wine because he may demand from you his price. To rumba rhythm he will only jog. From opera songs his head will surely ache, From  ...
Julia L. George, 2009
2
Africans lionize a pride of spacemen
When Africa sets out to lionize visiting celebrities, there is no half- measure about it. Making a goodwill tour of Africa, Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad were awaited at Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, by an airport welcome (far ...
3
Disimprison: Freeing My Soul; Speaking My Heart
LIONIZE! I came into your life to quench your thirst But before you taste the nectar , There are some rules we must establish first: Since you have chosen to accept this mission Don't speak to me unless I have given permission Thou shalt not ...
Syieve Locklair, 2008
4
The SAT Word Slam: Rhyme Your Way to a Better Vocabulary and ...
Lionize. REMEMbER THIS: (verb) “LY-un-ize” Treatsomeone like a celebrity We lionize Angelina and her lion eyes. And that's worshipping. That's lionizing. Some actors pretend they don't like it, But they're actors, so that's not surprising.
Jodi Fodor, 2009
5
Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to ...
CHAPTER. 7. A. Model. to. LIONize. How. One. Pacific. Northwest. Town. Engineered. a. Quiet. Revival. Forty miles northwest of Seattle, perched at the tip of the Olympic Peninsula, lies Port Townsend, Washington. Its advantageous location ...
Amy Cortese, 2011
6
Handbook of Race, Racism, and the Developing Child
Prejudice on this view is not about structural inequities that characterize relations between groups, but unfairness between individuals, half of whom are easy to demonize, half of whom are easy to lionize. Racism is imagined as overt acts with  ...
Stephen M. Quintana, Clark McKown, 2008
7
Assessing the Effects of Semantic and Phonetic Competitors ...
Four randomly selected mediator triads (bloomer-blue-sky, lionize-lion-tiger, eager-eagle-bird, and lampoon-lamp-light) of the 40 mediator triads were analyzed for subject responses in the reported phonetic associate condition. Subjects saw ...
Christine L. Belz, 2008
8
Saroyan: A Biography
Lionize, lionize, lionize. It's all fake. What they're doing is lionizing themselves, for Christ's sake." Archie approached apoplexy when he viewed a formal exhibition of Bill's ink doodles mounted in a small gallery at the university in Fresno.
Lawrence Lee, Barry Gifford, 1998
9
Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
238 LIONIZE Coeur de Lion for his valor in the Third Crusade. (The label was not translated into English from Richard's native French until over half a century later. ) The lion is said to have courage because it attacks animals much larger than ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
10
LIFE
THEY. DON'T. SOUND. LIKE. KHRUSHCHEV. RUSSIANS. LIONIZE. 'PORGY'. CAST. In a week in which leaders of the Soviet Union informed their followers — and the West — that the cold war was on again, 85 Americans were scoring a ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIONIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lionize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
John McCain fires back at Donald Trump over “war hero” remarks …
... back at Donald Trump for his remarks on Saturday that prisoners of war aren't really “war heroes” and that he preferred to lionize “people that ... «Salon, Jul 15»
2
War Without End | Nicholas Pierce - Huffington Post
We, correctly, lionize men and women in uniform. Joining the military is not like joining the Rotary Club, there's an understanding of inherent ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Blog: Terrorist sympathizers lionize Chattanooga killer on Twitter
Terrorist sympathizers lionize Chattanooga killer on Twitter. By Rick Moran. FBI DIrector James Comey recently accused Twitter of being the ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
4
In bastion, Mexico kingpin seen as benevolent bandit - Yahoo …
... Chapo" Guzman is dotted with hamlets where poor farmers live in humble homes, scrape by on crops and lionize the fugitive drug kingpin. «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
5
A gentleman's guide to Donald Trump's comments about illegal …
To conclude, were we true gentleman of the press, we would support and lionize Donald Trump for casting light on the need to stop 1,603 ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
6
Hearing Footsteps, Fake-Ass Progressives Rush to Demonize …
Hearing Footsteps, Fake-Ass Progressives Rush to Demonize Bernie and Lionize Hillary. Clinton media backers contort her record to nudge ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
7
The Atticus Complex: Harper Lee Sets Her Flawed 'Watchman'
If Harper Lee wanted to complicate the image of Atticus, if she wanted to de-lionize a Southern Patriarch, she wanted to do this before she ... «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
8
Everything We Know About the Mexican Drug Lord Who Escaped …
While he was a fugitive, Guzmán was the subject of numerous narcocorridos—folk ballads that lionize drug traffickers—and there were rumors ... «VICE, Jul 15»
9
The true story of the South Carolina Confederate flag debate
... members rose to denounce the demands for quiet supplication and “grace” toward those who lionize the slave-owners' Confederate republic; ... «MSNBC, Jul 15»
10
Jayne: Face it, 'the good old days' weren't really all that good
As much as we tend to sanitize the past, as much as we tend to lionize the nation that we viewed through innocent eyes, things weren't all that ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»

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