verb
Meaning 1
To organize according to a scheme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
schematize
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/ˈskiːmətaiz/
verb
Meaning 2
To distort and simplify for the purpose of highlighting certain characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To make a plan in outline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
give conventional form to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- some art forms schematise designs into geometrical patterns
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: schematise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 5
formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The chemists schematized the various reactions in a coherent fashion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: create by mental act, create mentally
History
Etymology
Compare French schématiser, from Ancient Greek σχημᾰτίζω (skhēmătízō, “I assume a position”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: esquematizar — organize according to a scheme
- Belarusian: схематызава́ць (sxjematyzavácʹ) — organize according to a scheme
- Bulgarian: схематизирам (shematiziram) — organize according to a scheme
- Catalan: esquematitzar — organize according to a scheme
- Danish: skematisere — organize according to a scheme
- Dutch: schematiseren — organize according to a scheme
- Finnish: kaavamaistaa — organize according to a scheme
- French: schématiser — organize according to a scheme
- Galician: esquematizar — organize according to a scheme
- German: schematisieren — organize according to a scheme
- Hungarian: sematizál — organize according to a scheme
- Ido: skemifar — organize according to a scheme
- Ido: skemizar — organize according to a scheme
- Italian: schematizzare — organize according to a scheme
- Latvian: shematizēt — organize according to a scheme
- Polish: schematyzować — organize according to a scheme
- Portuguese: esquematizar — organize according to a scheme
- Romanian: schematiza — organize according to a scheme
- Russian: схематизи́ровать (sxematizírovatʹ) — organize according to a scheme
- Spanish: esquematizar — organize according to a scheme
- Swedish: schematisera — organize according to a scheme
- Turkish: şemalaştırmak — organize according to a scheme
- Ukrainian: схематизува́ти (sxematyzuváty) — organize according to a scheme