Meaning

4 senses
  1. To make something external or objective.

    make external or objective, or give reality to

  2. To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody.

  3. To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project.

  4. To direct to others, as costs or benefits.

    Offering high-quality software as open-source externalizes benefits to a large community, but also externalizes much of the cost of testing and further development.

    Operating a low-cost, high-pollution manufacturing process externalizes costs in the form of adverse human health consequences and ecosystem effects.

Forms

externalizes, externalizing, externalized, externalized
Base formexternalize · to externalize
3rd person singularexternalizes
Present participleexternalizing
Past simpleexternalized
Past participleexternalized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyexternalize
he, she, itexternalizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsexternalized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave externalized
he, she, ithas externalized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill externalize

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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