epitomizing
present participle ofepitomize
epitomize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyepitomise)uk/ɪˈpɪt.ə.maɪz/us/ɪˈpɪt̬.ə.maɪz/to be aperfectexampleof aqualityortypeof thing:
With littleequipmentandunsuitablefootwear, she epitomizes theinexperiencedandunpreparedmountainwalker.
Synonyms
encapsulate
typify
Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
- analogy
- archetypal
- archetypically
- besomeoneall overidiom
- betoken
- genre
- instantiate
- mirror
- Mr
- Mrs
- on-brand
- sum
- summation
- symbolic
- symbolize
- symptomatic
- tantamount
- territory
- token
- translate
Examplesofepitomizing
epitomizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Then the role of religion, education and law and order are discussed as qualitiesepitomizingrespectability.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In another, it embodies all that is selfish, vindictive, and anti-social within human communities,epitomizingtreachery and disharmony in societies that strive for unity and neighbourliness.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The next three chapters explore reported speech as a conversational resource, particularly for constructing "portraits" of contrastive selves, for summarizing, dramatizing, crediting or discrediting, andepitomizing(96-98).
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is a workepitomizingthe "materia medica" known at the time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Date palms were planted on the top deck of the moon boat, creating a hanging garden, and thusepitomizingoases in the desert.
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