epitomize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to contain or represent in small compass; serve as a typical example of; typify.
This meadow epitomizes the beauty of the whole area.
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to make an epitome of.
to epitomize an argument.
verb
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to be a personification of; typify
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to make an epitome of
Other Word Forms
- epitomist noun
- epitomization noun
- epitomizer noun
- unepitomized adjective
Etymology
Origin of epitomize
Example Sentences
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“Because the state is young and its cities and institutions are not bound by the weight of tradition,” he wrote in 2002, “like an unfinished canvas, Arizona still epitomizes the frontier.”
South Carolina, the realest team in college basketball, epitomizes what the pros learned: Do you.
From Washington Post
In some curious way, these two college roomies epitomize maybe the utmost skill of Larrañaga and associate head coach and longtime collaborator Bill Courtney: the capacity to bring disparate backgrounds into cohesion.
From Washington Post
There is a long table in the center of the New College dining hall that epitomizes the school’s culture of acceptance, according to several students.
From Seattle Times
“For sure the investigation shocked all of us at the start,” said Moretti, adding that she now realizes Vanier epitomized a type of charismatic leader: “extreme in the good and in the bad.”
From Seattle Times
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