epitomize

English

Alternative forms

• epitomise

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/, SAMPA: /@"pIt.@%maIz/

Verb

epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized)

1. To make an epitome of.
2. To be an epitome of.
   • 1997, Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics, in Handbook of Logic and Language, ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99

     The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.

Synonyms

• sum up

Derived terms

• epitomizer
• epitomization
• epitomistic

Translations

make an epitome

Dutch: excerperen (nl), samenvatten (nl)

Swedish: sammanfatta (sv)

be an epitome

Dutch: belichamen (nl), in (nl) zich (nl) verenigen (nl)

Swedish: representera (sv), personifiera (sv)