colloquializing

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English

Adjective

colloquializing (comparative more colloquializing, superlative most colloquializing)

  1. converting into a colloquial or informal register.
    • 1989, Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani, Apabhraṁśa Language and Literature: A Short Introduction, page 3:
      In course of time this mixed language becomes again standardized and the colloquializing process is repeated.
    • 2009, Antoinette Renouf, Andrew Kehoe (eds), Corpus Linguistics: Refinements and Reassessment, page 309:
      The present analysis, focused on genre categories and pragmatic aims, shows that the colloquialising force of the semi-modal does not work in isolation.

Verb

colloquializing

  1. present participle and gerund of colloquialize