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topicalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
top-i-cal-ize
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To place the topic of a sentence at the beginning.

verb

To treat (a subject) as a topic.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English topic English -al English topical 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 topicalize From topical + -ize.

Inflected Forms

topicalizes (present, singular) topicalizing (participle, present) topicalized (participle, past) topicalized (past) topicalise (alternative)

Derived Forms

retopicalize topicalizer

Questions

What does topicalize mean?
To place the topic of a sentence at the beginning.
Where does topicalize come from?
Etymology tree English topic English -al English topical 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 topicalize From topical + -ize.

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