adverbialize

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verb

To use as or change into an adverb.

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Meanings

verbadverbialize (third-person singular simple present adverbializes, present participle adverbializing, simple past and past participle adverbialized)

present singular third person adverbializes · participle present adverbializing · participle past adverbialized · past adverbialized · alternative adverbialise

  1. UStransitiveTo use as or change into an adverb.

    The basic function of the copula in Japanese is to predicate, adnominalize or adverbialize nouns.

    2010, Bjarke Frellesvig, A History of the Japanese Language, page 94

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
adverb

Origin

From adverbial + -ize.

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Translations

Catalan adverbialitzar
  • adverbialitzarto change into an adverb
Korean 부사화하다
  • 부사화하다 (busahwahada)to change into an adverb
Polish adwerbializować, zadwerbializować
  • adwerbializowaćto change into an adverb
  • zadwerbializowaćto change into an adverb
Portuguese adverbializar
  • adverbializarto change into an adverb
Spanish adverbializar
  • adverbializarto change into an adverb
Swedish adverbialisera
  • adverbialiserato change into an adverb
Cite this entry
APA

adverbialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbialize

MLA

“adverbialize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbialize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adverbialize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbialize.

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