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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

decompartmentalize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /diːˌkɒmpɑː(ɹ)tˈmɛntəlaɪz/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment English -al English compartmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English compartmentalize English decompartmentalize From de- + compartmentalize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To restore from a compartmentalized state; to merge back together from a set of categories.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
decompartmentalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decompartmentalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decompartmentalized Tense=Past lexicographic
decompartmentalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

decategorize