to horizontalize
- verb
- /ˌhɔːrɪˈzɒntəlaɪz/
- He used the software tool to horizontalize the chart, making it easier to compare values.
Examples
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To create a cleaner look, we need to horizontalize the layout of the website's homepage.
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The team decided to horizontalize the data presentation to improve readability during the meeting.
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They had found that the vertical pyramid of bourgeois culture, with high culture on the top and low on the bottom, was becoming horizontalized, flattened out by mass commodification.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
Change data from a long table to a wide table by turning rows into columns
How Horizontal
Surface Forms
Morphology
horizontalize = horizontal (transparent) = horizontal + ize
Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the adjective 'horizontal', meaning 'to make or render horizontal', which is straightforward for learners.
Etymology
Horizontalize comes from horizontal, which links to the old word horizon meaning 'the line where the sky and land meet', and the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So, to horizontalize something is to 'make' it like the horizon — arrange it side to side or into a flat left-to-right layout.