Meaning

1 senses

  1. To represent (something) by a part of itself.

Origin

From metonym + -ize.

From metonym + -ize.

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Forms

metonymizes, metonymizing, metonymized, metonymized
Base formmetonymize · to metonymize
3rd person singularmetonymizes
Present participlemetonymizing
Past simplemetonymized
Past participlemetonymized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymetonymize
he, she, itmetonymizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsmetonymized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill metonymize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
methodistmethodologyC2meticulousC2meticulouslyC2metreA2metricB2
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