| VERB | change | crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize | cause to take on a definite and clear shape |
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| cognition | crystallize, clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity | |
| change | crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise | cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | |
| change | crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce | assume crystalline form |
| Sounds | krih'stahlay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | Cause to take on a definite and clear shape. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He tried to crystallize his thoughts" | |
| Synonyms | crystallise, crystalise, crystalize | |
| Broader | shape, form | Give shape or form to |
| Spanish | cristalizar | |
| Catalan | cristal·litzar-se, cristal·litzar | |
| Nouns | crystallization | a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation |
| Meaning | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity; make clear. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate | |
| Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate | make clear and (more) comprehensible |
| Spanish | aclarar, clarificar, cristalizar, dilucidar, esclarecer, explicar | |
| Catalan | dilucidar, esclarir | |
| Meaning | Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "crystallize minerals" | |
| Synonyms | crystallise, crystalize, crystalise | |
| Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
| Cause to | crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce | assume crystalline form |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
| Spanish | cristalizar | |
| Catalan | cristal·litzar-se, cristal·litzar | |
| Nouns | crystal | a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure |
| crystal | colorless glass made of almost pure silica | |
| crystallization | a rock formed by the solidification of a substance | |
| crystallization, crystallizing | the formation of crystals | |
| Meaning | assume crystalline form; become crystallized. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | crystalize, crystalise, effloresce | |
| Caused by | crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise | Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form |
| Narrower | devitrify | Become crystalline |
| Broader | solidify | Become solid |
| Spanish | cristalizarse, cristalizar | |
| Catalan | cristal·litzar-se, cristal·litzar | |
| Nouns | crystal | a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure |
| crystal | colorless glass made of almost pure silica | |
| crystallization | a rock formed by the solidification of a substance | |
| crystallization, crystallizing | the formation of crystals | |
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