Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense normalizes, present participle normalizing, past tense, past participle normalizedregional note: in BRIT, also use normalise
1. verb
When you normalize a situation or when it normalizes, it becomes normal.
Meditation tends to lower or normalize blood pressure. [VERB noun]
After the interview your body chemistry normalizes. [VERB]
2. verb
If people, groups, or governments normalize relations, or when relations normalize, they become normal or return to normal.
The two governments were close to normalizing relations. [VERB noun]
The United States says they are not prepared to join in normalizing ties with theirformer enemy. [VERB noun + with]
If relations between the two countries begin to normalise, anything is possible. [VERB]
normalization (nɔːʳməlaɪzeɪʃən)uncountable noun
The two sides would like to see the normalisation of diplomatic relations. [+ of]
More Synonyms of normalize
normalize in British English
or normalise (ˈnɔːməˌlaɪz)
verb(transitive)
1.
to bring or make into the normal state
2.
to bring into conformity with a standard
3.
to remove a prohibition or stigma from (a practice)
4.
to heat (steel) above a critical temperature and allow it to cool in air to relieve internal stresses; anneal
normalize in American English
(ˈnɔrməˌlaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈnormalˌized or ˈnormalˌizing
1.
to make normal
; specif.,
a.
to bring to the natural, or usual, state
b.
to bring into conformity with a standard, pattern, model, etc.
verb intransitive
2.
to become normal
Derived forms
normalization (ˌnormaliˈzation)
noun
normalizer (ˈnormalˌizer)
noun
Examples of 'normalize' in a sentence
normalize
Everything could have been normalized quite swiftly.
Aganbegyan, Abel Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy (1990)
In other languages
normalize
British English: normalize VERB
When you normalize a situation or when it normalizes, it becomes normal.
Meditation tends to lower or normalize blood pressure.
American English: normalize
Brazilian Portuguese: normalizar
Chinese: 使...正常化情形
European Spanish: normalizar
French: normaliser
German: normalisieren
Italian: normalizzare
Japanese: 正常化する
Korean: 정상화하다
European Portuguese: normalizar
Latin American Spanish: normalizar
(verb)
Definition
to bring into conformity with a standard
People claim that acupuncture can ease pain and help normalize the menstrual cycle.
Synonyms
standardize
His new dictionary helped standardize the national language.