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instrumentalize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree English instrumental 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 instrumentalize From instrumental + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make into an instrument for achieving a goal.
    • […] they also instrumentalize race to reinstate nostalgic, vanguard notions of political activism […] 2002, Katrin Sieg, Ethnic Drag: Performing Race, Nation, Sexuality in West Germany:
  2. (transitive) To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
instrumentalise alternative lexicographic
instrumentalizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
instrumentalized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
instrumentalized Tense=Past lexicographic
instrumentalizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

deinstrumentalize

Deriveds

instrumentalizer

Relateds

instrumentalization

Translations (10)

es instrumentalizar (make into an instrument for achieving a goal) · pt instrumentalizar (make into an instrument for achieving a goal) · de instrumentalisieren (transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice) · it strumentalizzare (make into an instrument for achieving a goal) · it strumentalizzare (transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice) · fr instrumentaliser (make into an instrument for achieving a goal) · gl instrumentalizar (make into an instrument for achieving a goal) · de instrumentalisieren (make into an instrument for achieving a goal) · ca instrumentalitzar (make into an instrument for achieving a goal) · el εργαλειοποιώ (make into an instrument for achieving a goal)