verbalize

American  

[vur-buh-lahyz] / ˈvɜr bəˌlaɪz /

especially British, verbalise

verb (used with object)

verbalized, verbalizing

1. to express in words.

   He couldn't verbalize his feelings.

2. Grammar. to convert into a verb.

   to verbalize “butter” into “to butter.”

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verb (used without object)

verbalized, verbalizing

1. to use many words; be verbose.

2. to express something verbally.

verbalize British  

/ ˈvɜːbəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to express (an idea, feeling, etc) in words

2. to change (any word that is not a verb) into a verb or derive a verb from (any word that is not a verb)

3. (intr) to be verbose

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Other Word Forms

• nonverbalized adjective
• unverbalized adjective
• verbalization noun
• verbalizer noun

Etymology

Origin of verbalize

First recorded in 1600–10; verbal + -ize; compare French verbaliser

Example Sentences

So while Tartakovsky’s samurai is a man who only says as much as he must, Spear doesn’t verbalize his thoughts at all.

From Salon

Forward Jake LaRavia said in the locker room that there felt like a “disconnect” on the team, but couldn’t verbalize more about how things had turned so suddenly.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s really hard to verbalize how I am feeling at this point.”

From Los Angeles Times

The ensemble feels like a real, fractured unit that shares unspoken arrangements and lifelong knowledge of one another that doesn’t need to be verbalized to be understood.

From Salon

Because talk therapy is a process of verbalizing symptoms to help process emotions, Pathomrit often spends extra time educating her clients and modeling what that looks like.

From Los Angeles Times