transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒmpɑ:(r)tmentəlaɪz ]
( compartmentalizes, compartmentalizing, compartmentalized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'compartmentalise'
To compartmentalize something means to divide it into separate sections.
Traditionally men have compartmentalized their lives, never letting their personal lives encroach upon their professional lives.
VERB : V-ed , also V n into n
• com‧part‧men‧tal‧ized
...the compartmentalised world of Japanese finance.
ADJ