internalize

present singular third person internalizes · participle present internalizing · participle past internalized · past internalized · alternative internalise

1. BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.

   You are not going to get good at socialising by approaching social situations like it's a formula where you do 1, 2 and 3 from a book, but books can definitely help you internalize useful things if you get what I'm saying.

   1. BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo process new information in one's mind.
   2. BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitiveTo refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.

      Well, I can't get angry, okay? I mean, I have a tendency to internalize. I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have—I grow a tumor instead.

      1979, Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman, Manhattan, spoken by Isaac (Woody Allen), United Artists

2. BritishEnglishOxfordUStransitivecomputingTo store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.

   Synonyms: intern

3. BritishEnglishOxfordUSbusinessTo transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.