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normalize

[ nawr-muh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

normalized, normalizing.
  1. to make normal:

    Traditional Chinese medicine uses ginseng to normalize blood pressure.

  2. to cause (something previously considered abnormal or unacceptable) to be treated as normal:

    I have to resist the impulse to normalize her eccentricities.

  3. to establish or resume (relations) in a normal manner, as between countries.
  4. Statistics. to mathematically transform or adjust (the values in a data set) so that they fit a standard measure or scale, such as by making all the values fall between 0 and 1:

    Data was normalized before analysis.

  5. Metallurgy. to heat (a steel alloy) to a suitable temperature above the transformation range and then cool it in still air at ambient temperature.


verb (used without object)

normalized, normalizing.
  1. to become normal; resume a normal state:

    Prices soon normalized after the war.

normalize

/ ˈɔːəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to bring or make into the normal state
  2. to bring into conformity with a standard
  3. to heat (steel) above a critical temperature and allow it to cool in air to relieve internal stresses; anneal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of normalize1

First recorded in 1860–65; normal + -ize
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Example Sentences

There has to be consequences for normalizing what Trump is doing to our country and our world.

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The result was to normalize and minimize the existential harm that Trump’s return to power would cause the nation.

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Saudi leaders insist they won’t normalize ties without the creation of a Palestinian state — a nonstarter for the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and much of the Israeli public.

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The point isn’t to normalize but to interrogate with clear eyes.

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Activists and academic experts say fossil fuel companies, like tobacco companies before them, use ads at sports stadiums and other cultural institutions to build goodwill and normalize the harms caused by their products.

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