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internalize

in'tә:nәlaiz4 senses · 168 ms
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verb/ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/
  1. 1

    To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.BritishEnglishOxford

    • You are not going to get good at socialising by approaching social situations like it's a formula where you do 1, 2 and 3 from a book, but books can definitely help you internalize useful things if you get what I'm saying.
  2. 2

    To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.; To process new information in one's mind.BritishEnglishOxford

  3. 3

    To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.; To refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.BritishEnglishOxford

    • Well, I can't get angry, okay? I mean, I have a tendency to internalize. I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have—I grow a tumor instead.
  4. 4

    To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.BritishEnglishOxford

  5. 5

    To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.BritishEnglishOxford

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