compartmentalize

Other spellings

• (UK) compartmentalise

Word parts

compartmental + -ize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kɒmpɑː(r)tˈmɛnt(ə)laɪz/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /kəmˌpɑrtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/ or /kəmpɑrtˈmɛntl̩ˌaɪz/
• Hyphenation: com‧part‧men‧tal‧ize

Verb

Plain form compartmentalize

Third-person singular compartmentalizes

Past tense compartmentalized

Past participle compartmentalized

Present participle compartmentalizing

1. If you compartmentalize a group of things, you separate it into different compartments.