substantivise
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From substantive (noun and adjective) + -ise.
Verb
substantivise (third-person singular simple present substantivises, present participle substantivising, simple past and past participle substantivised) (non-Oxford British English)
- (grammar) To use as or convert into a substantive (noun).
- Synonyms: nominalise, noun, (very rare) substantive
Derived terms
Translations
to convert into or use as a noun — see also nominalize
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See also
- (converting into or using as another part of speech:)
- adjectivize/adjectivise, adjective, adjectify
- adverbialize/adverbialise, (rare) adverb, (rare) adverbify, adverbize
- nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, (very rare) substantive
- verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb, verbify
References
- ^ “substantivize, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
nominalisation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
