compartmentalize

English

Alternative forms

• compartmentalise

Etymology

compartmental +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɒmpɑː(ɹ)tˈmɛnt(ə)laɪz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/, /kəmpɑɹtˈmɛntl̩ˌaɪz/
• Hyphenation: com‧part‧men‧tal‧ize

Verb

compartmentalize (third-person singular simple present compartmentalizes, present participle compartmentalizing, simple past and past participle compartmentalized)

1. (transitive) To separate something into different categories, or compartments.

Derived terms

• compartmentalization

Translations

separate into different categories

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劃分／划分 (zh) (huàfēn)

• Finnish: osastoida (fi), jaotella (fi)
• Polish: dzielić (pl) impf, podzielić (pl) pf, szufladkować (pl) impf
• Polish: dzielić (pl) impf
• Romanian: compartimenta (ro)