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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stylize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈstaɪlaɪz/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From style + -ize. Probably from German stilisieren.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To represent (someone or something) in a particular style.
  2. (transitive) To represent (someone or something) abstractly in a conventional manner, commonly fancifully symbolic, to identify a particular item, by omitting most of the detail that is not unique to the item in question.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
stylise Commonwealth, alternative lexicographic
stylizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
stylized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stylized Tense=Past lexicographic
stylizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

stylization · stylizer

Translations (6)

es estilizar (to represent abstractly in a conventional manner) · pt estilizar (to represent in a particular style) · pt estilizar (to represent abstractly in a conventional manner) · ca estilitzar (to represent in a particular style) · es estilizar (to represent in a particular style) · fr styliser (to represent in a particular style)