thematicize
thematicize · thematicizes · thematicized · thematicizing
To make into or explore as a themeTo make into or explore as a theme.
Meaning
3 sensesTo make into or explore as a theme.
To insert a thematic vowel.
To insert a thematic vowel.
(Indo European studies)To change from an athematic type into a thematic one
As late PIE evolved and split into dialects, many of the old root nouns and consonant-stems were thematicized.
Origin
From thematic + -ize.From thematic + -ize.
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Forms
thematicizes, thematicizing, thematicized, thematicized| Base form | thematicize · to thematicize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | thematicizes |
| Present participle | thematicizing |
| Past simple | thematicized |
| Past participle | thematicized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedthematicization
Lessons 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