Verbalize (Verb)
Meaning 1
Express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- Intone
- Drone On
- Palaver
- Mouth Off
- Chant
- Snivel
- Babble
- Troll
- Enthuse
- Clack
- Yack Away
- Mussitate
- Cackle
- Blurt
- Speak In Tongues
- Prattle
- Tattle
- Gibber
- Gabble
- Chatter
- Open Up
- Lip Off
- Blunder Out
- Begin
- Modulate
- Prate
- Blunder
- Blubber
- Blurt Out
- Present
- Maunder
- Speak Up
- Blab
- Verbalise
- Bay
- Shoot One's Mouth Off
- Sibilate
- Generalise
- Blubber Out
- Rave
- Deliver
- Sing
- Piffle
- Vocalize
- Inflect
- Phonate
- Whisper
- Shout
- Falter
- Generalize
- Twaddle
- Hiss
- Jaw
- Spout
- Gulp
- Swallow
- Whine
- Mutter
- Verbalize
- Whiff
- Rant
- Jabber
- Yack
- Stutter
- Drone
- Snap
- Mumble
- Murmur
- Talk About
- Rasp
- Rattle On
- Stammer
- Read
- Vocalise
- Slur
- Sizz
- Siss
- Snarl
- Peep
- Bumble
- Tone
- Blabber
- Talk Of
- Bark
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Meaning 2
Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The professor tends to verbalize his lectures, talking for hours on relatively simple concepts.
- She was known to verbalize during meetings, stretching out simple ideas to fill the allotted time.
- When he started to verbalize his points in lengthy paragraphs, the group began to lose focus.
- The manager often verbalizes during presentations, testing the audience's patience with every word.
- As she began to verbalize on that mundane matter, the crowd politely listened but their eyes glazed over.
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Meaning 4
Convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..