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Verb
/ˈvərbəˌlīz/,
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verbalized, past tense; verbalizes, 3rd person singular present; verbalized, past participle; verbalised, past participle; verbalizing, present participle; verbalising, present participle; verbalises, 3rd person singular present; verbalised, past tense;
  1. Express (ideas or feelings) in words, esp. by speaking out loud
    • - they are unable to verbalize their real feelings
  2. Speak, esp. at excessive length and with little real content
    • - the dangers of verbalizing about art
  3. Make (a word, esp. a noun) into a verb


  1. be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"
  2. talk: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
  3. express: articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
  4. convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized"
  5. (verbalized) expressed: communicated in words; "frequently uttered sentiments"
  6. (verbalization) the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization
  7. To speak or to use words to express; To adapt a word of another part of speech as a verb
  8. (Verbalizing) Stating to yourself the reasoning for a certain move.