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CONVENTIONALISE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they conventionalise ... he / she / it conventionalises
Past simple: conventionalised
Past participle: conventionalised
-ing form: conventionalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make conventional or adapt to conventions
Example:
conventionalized behavior
Synonyms:
conventionalise; conventionalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "conventionalise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
conventionalisation (the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style)