Meanings
present singular third person epitomizes · participle present epitomizing · participle past epitomized · past epitomized · alternative epitomise
- BritishEnglishOxfordUSTo make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
This simple formula epitomizes the kind of 'tolerance' that Marcuse advocates.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 413 - BritishEnglishOxfordUSTo be an epitome of.
The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.
1997, Michael Moortgat, “Categorial Type Logics”, in J. van Benthem, A. ter Meulen, editors, Handbook of Logic and Language, page 99
Synonyms & antonyms
verbembody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic جَسَّدَ
- جَسَّدَ (jassada)make an epitome
Dutch excerperen, samenvatten
- excerperenmake an epitome
- samenvattenmake an epitome
- belichamenbe an epitome
- in zich verenigenbe an epitome
Esperanto epitomiĝi
- epitomiĝibe an epitome
French résumer, incarner
- résumermake an epitome
- incarnerbe an epitome
German verkörpern
- verkörpernbe an epitome
Hungarian összefoglal, összegez
- összefoglalmake an epitome
- összegezmake an epitome
- kivonatolmake an epitome
- tömörítmake an epitome
- megtestesítbe an epitome
Norwegian personifisere
- personifiserebe an epitome
Portuguese epitomizar, incarnar
- epitomizarmake an epitome
- incarnarbe an epitome
- personificarbe an epitome
- representarbe an epitome
Spanish epitomar, epitomizar
- epitomarmake an epitome
- epitomizarmake an epitome
Swedish sammanfatta, representera
- sammanfattamake an epitome
- representerabe an epitome
- personifierabe an epitome
Cite this entry
epitomize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epitomize
“epitomize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epitomize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epitomize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epitomize.
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