Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To make foreign.

    Politicians warned that unrestricted immigration would foreignize the country.

  2. (transitive)To retain foreign elements in a story that might be unfamiliar to readers of the translated text.

Origin

From foreign + -ize.

From foreign + -ize.

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Forms

foreignizes, foreignizing, foreignized, foreignized
Base formforeignize · to foreignize
3rd person singularforeignizes
Present participleforeignizing
Past simpleforeignized
Past participleforeignized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforeignize
he, she, itforeignizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsforeignized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill foreignize

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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