verb
Meaning 1
To make something external or objective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
externalize
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verb
Meaning 2
To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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verb
Meaning 4
To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, sciences
Examples
- Offering high-quality software as open-source externalizes benefits to a large community, but also externalizes much of the cost of testing and further development.
- Operating a low-cost, high-pollution manufacturing process externalizes costs in the form of adverse human health consequences and ecosystem effects.
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verb
Meaning 5
make external or objective, or give reality to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- language externalizes our thoughts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exteriorize, exteriorise, externalise, objectify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 6
regard as objective
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: project, externalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English external Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English externalize From external + -ize.