EPITOMIZE


Meaning of EPITOMIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪpɪtəmaɪz ]

( epitomizes, epitomizing, epitomized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'epitomise'

If you say that something or someone epitomizes a particular thing, you mean that they are a perfect example of it.

Lyonnais cooking is epitomized by the so-called ‘bouchons’.

...the sleek lift that epitomized the hotel’s glossy decor.

VERB : be V-ed by n , V n

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