HyperDic: compartmentalize

English > 1 sense of the word compartmentalize:
VERBchangecompartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut upseparate into isolated compartments or categories / categories
compartmentalize > pronunciation
Soundskahmpaa.rtmeh'ntahlay.z
Rhymesactualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz...
English > compartmentalize: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaningseparate into isolated compartments or categories / categories.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!"
Synonymscompartmentalise, cut up
Broaderseparate, disunite, divide, partForce, take, or pull apart
Spanishcompartimentar
Catalancompartimentar
Adjectivescompartmentaldivided up into compartments or categories / categories
Nounscompartmenta partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger / larger enclosed area
compartmenta space into which an area is subdivided
compartmentalizationthe act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
compartmentalizationa mild state of dissociation

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