immortalize
To remove the effects of normal apoptosisTo remove the effects of normal apoptosis.
» The exploiting classes try to immortalize false worldviews to affirm and strengthen their domination.
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1 sensesTo remove the effects of normal apoptosis.
- make famous forever
- be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
Examples
3 sentencesThe exploiting classes try to immortalize false worldviews to affirm and strengthen their domination.
Those young men were gone with the wind, but were immortalized in the films and their perfect physiques preserved forever.
There are 30 recordings at the Library of Congress that immortalize this outlaw as a folk hero.
Forms
immortalizes, immortalizing, immortalized, immortalized| Base form | immortalize · to immortalize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | immortalizes |
| Present participle | immortalizing |
| Past simple | immortalized |
| Past participle | immortalized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
8 synonyms- make famous forever:immortaliseeternizeeterniseeternalizeeternalise
- be or provide a memorial to a person or an event:commemoratememorializememorialiseimmortalise
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.