Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compartmentalize

/kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: com-part-men-tal-ize
IPA: /kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To separate something into different categories, or compartments.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In summary, we find the below listed empirical observations coming from our analysis of our Google hospital reviews ¶ The 11 identified valenced topics do not line up well with the standard way that the CMS and other surveys use to measure experiences, i.e., patients do not compartmentalize most of their comments to specific staff—doctors, nurses, etc.—or even departments."
"Mediators and co-activators BRD4 and MED1 form phase-separated droplets at SEs that compartmentalize and concentrate the transcription apparatus, suggesting a significant role for co-activators in this process and revealing the regulation mechanisms of function and structure of SE involved in the control of hub cell identity genes."
"Russia and Iran see the wars against Israel and Ukraine as indelibly linked — and we in the West would be foolish to compartmentalize them."
"(He [speaker Mike Johnson] recently said that women, unlike men, are unable to “compartmentalize” their thoughts.)"
"I shook my head at what I saw as this man’s almost pathological ability to compartmentalize the madness he likely played a role in and the quaint, pastoral life he led at the same time. It reminded me of something I was told as a child."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment English -al English compartmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English compartmentalize From compartmental + -ize.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/
British English: /kɒmpɑː(ɹ)tˈmɛnt(ə)laɪz/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

compartmentalizes (present, singular) compartmentalizing (participle, present) compartmentalized (participle, past) compartmentalized (past) compartmentalise (alternative)

Derived Forms

compartmentalizable compartmentalization compartmentalizer decompartmentalize overcompartmentalize recompartmentalize subcompartmentalize uncompartmentalized

Synonyms

compartmentalise cut up

Rhymes With

departmentalize

Questions

How do you pronounce compartmentalize?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/.
What does compartmentalize mean?: To separate something into different categories, or compartments.
Where does compartmentalize come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment English -al English compartmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English compartmentalize From compartmental + -ize.

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