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Meaning of "sublimize" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SUBLIMIZE

ˈsʌblɪˌmaɪz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBLIMIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sublimize 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 sublimize in English.

WHAT DOES SUBLIMIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sublimize in the English dictionary

The definition of sublimize in the dictionary is to make sublime.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUBLIMIZE

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sublimize
we let´s sublimize
you sublimize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sublimize
Past participle
sublimized
Present Participle
sublimizing
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 SUBLIMIZE

anonymise · anonymize · customize · delegitimize · euphemise · euphemize · legitimize · maximize · minimise · minimize · optimize · pilgrimise · pilgrimize · racemise · racemize · suboptimise · suboptimize · synonymise · synonymize · victimize

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBLIMIZE

sublimable · sublimate · sublimation · sublime · Sublime Porte · sublimely · sublimeness · subliminal · subliminal advertising · subliminal image · subliminal message · subliminal perception · subliminally · sublimit · sublimity · subline · sublinear · sublineation · sublingual · sublingual gland

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBLIMIZE

alchemize · anatomize · astronomize · atomize · bromize · dichotomize · dynamize · economize · epitomize · Islamize · itemize · lobotomize · macadamize · nephrectomize · polygamize · randomize · sodomize · splenectomize · systemize · volumize

Synonyms and antonyms of sublimize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sublimize» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SUBLIMIZE

Find out the translation of sublimize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sublimize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sublimize» in English.
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1,325 millions of speakers
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570 millions of speakers
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380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers
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278 millions of speakers
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270 millions of speakers
bn

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260 millions of speakers
fr

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220 millions of speakers
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190 millions of speakers
de

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180 millions of speakers
ja

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130 millions of speakers
ko

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85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

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85 millions of speakers
vi

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80 millions of speakers
ta

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sublimize
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सुप्रीम करा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

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70 millions of speakers
it

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65 millions of speakers
pl

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sublimize
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

sublimize
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

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30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

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15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

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14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

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10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sublimize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sublimize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBLIMIZE»

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBLIMIZE»

Discover the use of sublimize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sublimize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Studies on the Accentuation of Polysyllabic Latin, Greek, ...
... macadamize, macarize, mediatize, mithridatize, miasmatize, Mohammedanize, narcotize, nationalize, necrotize, nitro- genize, odoriferize, oxygenize, paralyse, salicylize, sensibilize, sublimize. synthetize, and utilize. a) Oxytone accentuation  ...
Bror Danielsson, 1948
2
The Book of Symbols: A Series of Seventy-five Short Essays ...
subtilized form of matter, heat and electricity, bring us no nearer to spirit than any ponderous metal, which at one time appears the densest of matter, but at another it may dissolve into liquidity, or dissipate or sublimize into " thin air. 3.
Robert Mushet, 1847
3
The Quarterly Review
... like criminals in a gaol, or place them under the watch of a stern searching public opinion, or so stimulate and sublimize their selfishness, till they invariably do their duty, because they * Divine Legation. see see it is their interest — and it may ...
‎1840
4
Family records; or The two sisters
Though in his great poems he is seldom musical, yet his thoughts are always correct, always true to nature when he describes nature, and in the deepest reverence he shows her great author, there is enough to sublimize the most discordant ...
Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury, 1841
5
Secular Mysteries: Stanley Cavell and English Romanticism
... sublimize thought” (TN, 71). A usefully simple example of this project is what Wittgenstein has to say on the language game of games. To the easy and purportedly logical assumption that card games, board games and athletic games must ...
Edward T. Duffy, 2013
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A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis
Apparently their constitutions are strongly endowed with an ability to sublimize and to shift the suppression determining their conflicts. The artist finds the way back to reality in this way. He is not the only one who has a life of imagination.
Sigmund Freud, 2014
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Family records; or, The two sisters
Though in his great poems he is seldom musical, yet his thoughts are always correct, always true to nature when he describes nature ; and in the deepest reverence he shows her great Author, there is enough to sublimize the most discordant ...
Charlotte Susan M. Bury (lady.), 1841
8
American Icons: Transatlantic Perspectives on Eighteenth- ...
... Ludwig Meidner, and the lesser-known ones with whom they otherwise share more than we might expect.29 Most of these artists on both continents tend to internalize rather than to negate or sublimize the experience of fear and shock in the ...
Thomas Gaehtgens, Heinz Ickstadt, 1996
9
Romanticism: Romanticism, belief, and philosophy
To illustrate what Wittgenstein, the practitioner of grammatical investigations, mocks as philosophy's "disabling sublimizings" (TN 55), take this one example of his "relentless project to ... de-sublimize thought" (TN 71). Appositely enough, this  ...
Michael O'Neill, Mark Sandy, 2006
10
Stanley Cavell and Literary Skepticism
Walking suggests Cavell's desire not only to put words in motion but to "de- sublimize" or "diurnalize" their meaning, to let interpretation be bound up with something as pedestrian as walking. For Cavell, interpretations of statements thus "come ...
Michael Fischer, 1989

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBLIMIZE»

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Reclaiming Lesbian Spaces in Puerto Rico
It is at this zero juncture that I would like to let go and romanticize, sublimize and give into that chulería, that sweetest of indulgences: the contradictory, ... «CounterPunch, Jan 14»
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