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COMMUNIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they communize ... he / she / it communizes
Past simple: communized
-ing form: communizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make into property owned by the state
Example:
The new government communized all banks
Synonyms:
communise; communize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "communize" is one way to...):
nationalise; nationalize (put under state control or ownership)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
communism (a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society)
communism (a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership)
communization (changing something from private to state ownership or control)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles
Example:
communize the government
Synonyms:
bolshevise; bolshevize; communise; communize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "communize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
communism (a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society)
communism (a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership)
communization (the organization of a nation of the basis of communism)