normalizeverb
UK usually normalise uk/ˈnɔː.mə.laɪz/us/ˈnɔːr.mə.laɪz/normalize verb (SITUATION)
[ I or T ] to return to the normal or usual situation:
They claim that the new drug normalizes blood pressure.
Relations between the two countries are gradually normalizing.
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Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- nine
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
- usual
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normalize verb (INFORMATION)
[ T ] specialized science If you normalize information, you compare a small set of information with a set that represents normal values:
Research psychologists normalize the results of their studies by comparing their subjects' behaviour with that of the general public.
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Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- broaden
- complicate
- depth
- detail
- dilate
- dilate on/upon sth
- dumb
- enlarge on/upon sth
- expand
- expand on sth
- expansive
- expatiate
- flesh
- flesh sth out
- predigested
- reductive
- simplify
- spec
- specification
- split
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