different between epitomize vs condense

English

Alternative forms

• epitomise

Etymology

epitome +? -ize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?t.??ma?z/

Verb

epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized)

1. To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
2. To be an epitome of.
   • 1997, Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics, in Handbook of Logic and Language, ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99

     The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.

Synonyms

• sum up

Derived terms

• epitomizer
• epitomization
• epitomistic

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

epitomize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of epitomizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of epitomizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of epitomizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of epitomizar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?d?ns/

Verb

condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed)

1. (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.

   Synonyms: thicken, simplify, (cooking) reduce; see also Thesaurus:compress

   Antonym: dilute

   • The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.

2. (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
3. (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

Derived terms

• condensing locomotive

Related terms

• condensation

Translations

Adjective

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.

   • The huge condense bodies of planets.

References

• condense at OneLook Dictionary Search
• condense in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: condensent, condenses

Verb

condense

1. first-person singular present indicative of condenser
2. third-person singular present indicative of condenser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
5. second-person singular imperative of condenser

Italian

Noun

condense f

1. plural of condensa

Anagrams

• censendo

Latin

Adjective

cond?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of cond?nsus

Portuguese

Verb

condense

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
3. first-person singular imperative of condensar
4. third-person singular imperative of condensar

Spanish

Verb

condense

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of condensar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of condensar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of condensar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of condensar.