immortalize
verb /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz/
/ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪz/
(British English also immortalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they immortalize | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it immortalizes | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪzɪz/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple immortalized | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪzd/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle immortalized | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪzd/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form immortalizing | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- immortalize somebody/something (in something) to prevent somebody/something from being forgotten in the future, especially by mentioning them in literature, making films about them, painting them, etc.
- The poet fell in love with her and immortalized her in his verse.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryImmortalize is used with these nouns as the object:- name