compartmentalize
English
Alternative forms
- compartmentalise
Etymology
compartmental + -ize.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒmpɑː(ɹ)tˈmɛnt(ə)laɪz/
- (US) IPA(key): /kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/, /kəmpɑɹtˈmɛntl̩ˌaɪz/
- Hyphenation: com‧part‧men‧tal‧ize
Verb
compartmentalize (third-person singular simple present compartmentalizes, present participle compartmentalizing, simple past and past participle compartmentalized)
- (transitive) To separate something into different categories or compartments.
Derived terms
- compartmentalism
- compartmentalization
Translations
separate into different categories
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