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to schematize

to schematize

8.0
To show something in a simple picture or plan
  • verb
  • /ˈskiːməˌtaɪz/
  • Formal
translation icon : esquematizar
  • To better visualize the data, she decided to schematize the complex information into a simple flowchart.

So he goes on and he says, here's what I've schematized action qua actualization.

Examples

  • In their presentation, the group will schematize the main ideas to highlight the project's key components.

  • In simplifying and schematizing the complicated themes and circumstances of Turkish history, the drama distorted the facts of a complex historical situation.

    Academic text (1991)

  • And so that's schematized in these drawings here on the right.

  • The above description of fear, hope, pity, disappointment, joy, and anger schematizes the possible range.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The State Department, under both Carter and Reagan, had the familiar habit of schematizing reality to make it fit policy, as examples below demonstrate.

    Blog text (20)

  • He creates this fiction from the bits of the story that have been selected and schematized in the narrative process.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The weathering rate, schematized on the graph as the rate of production of new soil, is a function of soil thickness.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The pattern of the stapedial reflex, as shown in impedance audiometry, is schematized in Figure 2.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Historians of science have studied how scientific visualization depends on simplifying, abstracting, labeling, marking, and schematizing the chaotic phenomena of nature into orderly graphic forms.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The teacher asked the students to schematize their notes to make the information easier to understand.

Synonyms

to structure
vsto schematize
105 4.4

To arrange parts or ideas in a clear order

often focuses more on simplified representation than merely ordering or patterning
to set out
vsto schematize
32 3.2

To arrange objects or information in a clear organized way

leans toward creating a simplified schematic representation rather than simple layout
to systematize
vsto schematize
  • US
3 6.7

To arrange things or ideas according to a plan

focuses on making a simplified schematic representation rather than only ordering
to systemize
vsto schematize
  • US
1 5.8

To arrange things in a clear, planned order

aims more at representing things as a simplified scheme rather than just ordering
to methodize
vsto schematize
7.5

To arrange things in a clear, ordered way for easy use

emphasizes schematic, simplified depiction rather than practical routines or methods

How Systematic

to systematize
  • US
3 6.7
to structure
105 4.4
to schematize
  • Formal
8.0
to summarize
  • US
90 3.0
to describe
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

schematize infinitive
schematised past
schematized past participle
schematised past participle
schematizing present participle
schematising present participle
schematizes third person singular
schematises third person singular

Morphology

schematize = schematic (transparent) = schema + ize

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to 'schematic' (derived from 'schema'); meaning 'to make or represent in schematic form' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Schematize comes from the root schema, which means 'shape' or 'form'. So to schematize something is like making a simple map or diagram of a big idea—turning a complex thing into a clear, organized picture, the same basic idea behind the word schematic.