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SEVERALISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does severalise mean?

• SEVERALISE (verb)
The verb SEVERALISE has 2 senses:

1. distinguish or separate
2. mark as different

Familiarity information: SEVERALISE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SEVERALISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Distinguish or separate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

severalise; severalize

Hypernyms (to "severalise" is one way to...):

differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; separate; severalise; severalize; tell; tell apart (mark as different)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

severalise ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Mark as different

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

differentiate; distinguish; secern; secernate; tell apart; severalize; severalise; separate; tell

Context example:

We distinguish several kinds of maple

Hypernyms (to "severalise" is one way to...):

identify; place (recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something)

"Severalise" entails doing...:

compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "severalise"):

know (be able to distinguish, recognize as being different)

discriminate; separate; single out (treat differently on the basis of sex or race)

demarcate (separate clearly and as if by boundaries)

decouple; dissociate (regard as unconnected)

contradistinguish (distinguish by contrasting qualities)

severalise; severalize (distinguish or separate)

contrast (put in opposition to show or emphasize differences)

individualise; individualize (make or mark or treat as individual)

sex (tell the sex (of young chickens))

label (distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom)

label (distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions)

discriminate; know apart (recognize or perceive the difference)

stratify (divide society into social classes or castes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

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