EXTERNALIZE

exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify

(verb) make external or objective, or give reality to; “language externalizes our thoughts”

project, externalize, externalise

(verb) regard as objective

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

externalize (third-person singular simple present externalizes, present participle externalizing, simple past and past participle externalized)

To make something external or objective

To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody

(psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project

(economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*ter"nal*ize, v. t.

Definition: To make external; to manifest by outward form. Thought externalizes itself in language. Soyce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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