Epitomize

Synonyms for "epitomize" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

sum up typify abbreviate abridge abstract bob boil down capsulize clip compress condense contract crop curtail cut

Strong matches (21)

cut back cut down cut off short cut short digest dock elide emblematize embody exemplify fit the pattern foreshorten illustrate incarnate incorporate inventory lead the way mirror mow

Verb(2 words)

epitomate epitomise

Related words (35)

nip nutshell outline personalize personify poll pollard prune reap recap recapitulate reduce represent retrench set an example set the pace shave shear shorten snub

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stand stunt sum summarize summate symbolize synopsize tabulate take in telescope trim truncate

Verb(3 words)

run through sum up typify

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

5 entries

represent stand for symbolise symbolize typify

Synonyms

2 entries

sum up typify

Related terms

2 entries

epitomistic epitomy

derived

3 entries

epitomization epitomizer unepitomized

derived from

1 entries

epitome

related to

1 entries

epitome

Translations

29 translations across 11 languages.

Dutch

4 entries

belichamen verb (be an epitome)
excerperen verb (make an epitome)
in zich verenigen verb (be an epitome)
samenvatten verb (make an epitome)

Esperanto

1 entries

epitomiĝi verb (be an epitome)

French

2 entries

incarner verb (be an epitome)
résumer verb (make an epitome)

German

1 entries

verkörpern verb (be an epitome)

Hungarian

4 entries

kivonatol verb (make an epitome)
megtestesít verb (be an epitome)
tömörít verb (make an epitome)
összefoglal verb (make an epitome)

Norwegian

1 entries

personifisere verb (be an epitome)

Occitan

3 entries

incarnar verb (be an epitome)
personificar verb (be an epitome)
representar verb (be an epitome)

Portuguese

4 entries

epitomizar verb (make an epitome)
incarnar verb (be an epitome)
personificar verb (be an epitome)
representar verb (be an epitome)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

ot(j)eloviti verb (make an epitome)
ovaplotiti verb (make an epitome)
ut(j)eloviti verb (make an epitome)

Spanish

2 entries

epitomar verb (make an epitome)
epitomizar verb (make an epitome)

Swedish

3 entries

personifiera verb (be an epitome)
representera verb (be an epitome)
sammanfatta verb (make an epitome)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Anna's radiant smile and graceful demeanor epitomize the elegance and poise commonly associated with Russian women.

Source: tatoeba (11847227)

They epitomize the romance of the Australian Outback but sheep shearers are deserting the job in droves, sending the country's wool industry into crisis.

Source: tatoeba (12060181)

The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.

Source: wiktionary

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