internalize
verb (used with object)
to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification.
were internalizing
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past progressiveof internalize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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As for whether the class achieved its "objective," Duca indicated students may have just not realized they were internalizing them.
From Fox News ● Sep. 17, 2019
