internalize
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- internalise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
[edit]internalize (third-person singular simple present internalizes, present participle internalizing, simple past and past participle internalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (transitive) To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
- To process new information in one's mind.
- To refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.
- 1979, Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman, Manhattan, spoken by Isaac (Woody Allen), United Artists:
- Well, I can't get angry, okay? I mean, I have a tendency to internalize. I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have—I grow a tumor instead.
- (transitive, programming) To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.
- Synonym: intern
- (finance) To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.
Translations
[edit]make something internal
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Further reading
[edit]- “internalize”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]internalize
- inflection of internalizar:
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