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LATERALIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they lateralize ... he / she / it lateralizes
Past simple: lateralized
-ing form: lateralizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move or displace to one side so as to make lateral
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "lateralize" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
lateralization (localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain)