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Meaning of "relativize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RELATIVIZE

relativize  [ˈrɛlətɪvaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELATIVIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Relativize 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 relativize in English.

WHAT DOES RELATIVIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of relativize in the English dictionary

The definition of relativize in the dictionary is to make or become relative. Other definition of relativize is to apply the theory of relativity to.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RELATIVIZE

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you relativize
we let´s relativize
you relativize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to relativize
Past participle
relativized
Present Participle
relativizing
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 RELATIVIZE


activize
ˈæktɪˌvaɪz
advise
ədˈvaɪz
bolshevize
ˈbɒlʃəˌvaɪz
collectivise
kəˈlektɪvaɪz
collectivize
kəˈlɛktɪˌvaɪz
devise
dɪˈvaɪz
improvise
ˈɪmprəˌvaɪz
incentivise
ɪnˈsɛntɪˌvaɪz
incentivize
ɪnˈsɛntɪˌvaɪz
jarovize
ˈjærəˌvaɪz
Levi´s
ˈliːvaɪz
objectivise
əbˈdʒektɪˌvaɪz
objectivize
əbˈdʒɛktɪvaɪz
previse
prɪˈvaɪz
readvise
ˌriːədˈvaɪz
relativise
ˈrelətɪvaɪz
revise
rɪˈvaɪz
substantivize
ˈsʌbstəntɪˌvaɪz
supervise
ˈsuːpəˌvaɪz
televise
ˈtɛlɪˌvaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELATIVIZE

relative majority
relative minor
relative minor key
relative molecular mass
relative permeability
relative permittivity
relative probability
relative pronoun
relatively
relativeness
relativisation
relativise
relativism
relativist
relativistic
relativistically
relativitist
relativity
relativization
relator

WORDS THAT END LIKE RELATIVIZE

apologize
Belize
bize
comprehensivize
customize
full-size
maximize
minimize
one-size
optimize
organize
personalize
plus size
prize
realize
recognize
resize
size
specialize
utilize

Synonyms and antonyms of relativize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «relativize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELATIVIZE

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

Translator English - Chinese

相对化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

relativizar
570 millions of speakers

English

relativize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

relativize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نسبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

релятивизировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

relativizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

relativize
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

relativiser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Relativize
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

relativieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

相対化する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상대화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Relativize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tương đối hóa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

relativize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Relativize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

relativize
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

relativizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

relatywizować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

релятівізіровать
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

relativiza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

relativize
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

relativize
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

relativera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

relativ
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of relativize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELATIVIZE»

The term «relativize» is normally little used and occupies the 134.404 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELATIVIZE» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELATIVIZE»

Discover the use of relativize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to relativize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 7 Programmer Exams ...
class Relativize { public static void main(String []args) { Path javaPath ... Path result = javaPath.relativize(classPath); if(result == null) { System.out.println(" relativize failed"); } else if(result.equals(Paths.get(""))) { System.out.println(" relative paths ...
S G Ganesh, Tushar Sharma, 2013
2
Handbook of Practical Logic and Automated Reasoning
This relativization, for an arbitrary constraint formula, can be implemented as: let rec relativize r fm = match fm with Not(p) —> Not(relativize r p) l And(p,q) —> And (relativize r p,relativize r q) l 0r(p,q) —> 0r(relativize r p,relativize r q) l Imp(p,q) ...
John Harrison, 2009
3
Learn Java for Android Development
URI declares a URI relativize(URI uri) method for relativizing its uri argument against the URI in the current URI object (on which this method was called)— relativize() throws NullPointerException when uri is null. Note For any two normalized ...
Jeff Friesen, 2014
4
Relative Constructions in European Non-Standard Varieties
Also the postnominal strategy introduced by the relative particle kenž in Lower Sorbian can relativize only a segment of the AH, i.e. SU and DO, as illustrated in ( 3.104) and (3.105). (3.104) Wiźiš muske, [kenž tam stoje]? LSO you.see man ...
Adriano Murelli, 2011
5
Language Universals and Linguistic Typology: Syntax and ...
Certain other positions, such as locatives and temporals, do not seem to fit into this hierarchy : in some languages they are very easy to relativize, in other languages very difficult to relativize. The intuition that underlies the discussion of the ...
Bernard Comrie, 1989
6
Pro Java 7 NIO.2
When you need to construct a path from one location to another, you can call the relativize() method, which constructs a relative path between this path and a given path. This method constructs a path originating from the original path and ...
Anghel Leonard, 2011
7
Second Language Acquisition Theory and Pedagogy
Gass found "the easiest position to relativize was the SU position with the lower positions more difficult . . ., with the genitive as an exception" (1979, p. 339). Gass (1982, p. 138) stated ". . . [learners] did relativize what they had been taught to ...
Fred R. Eckman, Jean Mileham, Rita Rutkowski Weber, 2013
8
Languages and Their Speakers
so that "the clothes" is the subject, and then we can relativize on "the clothes" yielding "the clothes that were washed by the woman." (25a) below illustrates the passive form of (23a) above, and (25b) the relative clause formed on "clothes.
Timothy Shopen, 1979
9
Function, Selection, and Innateness : The Emergence of ...
'All languages can relativize subjects' (Comrie and Keenan 1979: 652). (A strategy that can relativize subjects is a primary strategy.) Accessibility hierarchy constraints 1. 'If a language can relativize any position on the AH with a primary ...
Simon Kirby, 1999
10
Oracles Versus Proof Techniques that Do Not Relativize
This paper reviews the status of nonrelativizing proof techniques, and argues that many oracle constructions still yield valuable information about problems in complexity theory."
Eric Warren Allender, Rutgers University. Department of Computer Science, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELATIVIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term relativize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
FM discusses Srebrenica incident, Storm parade, Greece
He also stressed that now "statements are being heard that relativize the attack." "It is an undeniable desire of Serbia to continue with the policy of peace, but that ... «B92, Jul 15»
2
Why I Feel Bearish About Alcoa?
It is expected the deal will generate $100 million in annual cost savings by the end of 2019. To relativize this number, the company expects for fiscal 2015 to ... «InvestorGuide, Jul 15»
3
A NOT UNCOVERED TREASURE OF THE CHURCH
For some time we can speak about a clear tendency in Germany to relativize the fault of the Germans, a public discourse and blaming other nations on German ... «Sunday - Catholic Weekly, Jun 15»
4
PM says he is ready to pay respects in Srebrenica
"We will not hide and pretend not to see and relativize that crime. It is a great and terrible crime. I think work should have been done on trust and not on ... «B92, Jun 15»
5
Bruce Jenner's Transformation Is A Lose-Lose For Liberal Ideology
The effect of this critique has been to relativize gender, and thus to abolish it as a meaningful category. Because you can no longer tie “femaleness” to a ... «The Federalist, Jun 15»
6
Hungarian Catholic university requires all students to study Holocaust
... daily newspaper, Népszabadság, the rector and the ambassador responded “wisely and patiently to questions that attempted to relativize the Holocaust.”. «Hungarian Free Press, May 15»
7
Ukraine Makes Amnesia the Law of the Land
Existing laws in Russia criminalize historical views that “relativize Nazism” and question the narrative of Soviet victory in World War II. The new laws in Ukraine ... «The New Republic, May 15»
8
A Thicker Kind of Mere
Baxter did not call for the abolition of denominations as such, but he wanted to relativize them in light of an undergirding core commitment to Christian essentials. «First Things, May 15»
9
Overcoming the Overcoming of Metaphysics
Sociologists appear to relativize knowledge only because they don't take their own categories as relative to particular historical and social circumstances. «First Things, May 15»
10
Sawing off the unborn child's arms and legs “Isn't More Gruesome …
The objective is not hard to figure out: pro-abortionists have to relativize/trivialize the systematic dismantlement, piece by piece, of unborn babies in a ... «National Right to Life News, Apr 15»

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