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compartmentalizecompartmentalize /kəmˌpɑrt˺ˈmɛntlˌaɪz/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcompartmentalize |
Present | I, you, we, they | compartmentalize | | he, she, it | compartmentalizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | compartmentalized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have compartmentalized | | he, she, it | has compartmentalized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had compartmentalized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will compartmentalize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have compartmentalized |
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Present | I | am compartmentalizing | | he, she, it | is compartmentalizing | | you, we, they | are compartmentalizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was compartmentalizing | | you, we, they | were compartmentalizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been compartmentalizing | | he, she, it | has been compartmentalizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been compartmentalizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be compartmentalizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been compartmentalizing |
to divide something into separate parts or to divide things into separate groups, especially according to what type of thing they are: The brain does not neatly compartmentalize the areas used for language.—compartmentalization /kəmˌpɑrt˺mɛntl-əˈzeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]—compartmentalized adjective |