channelize

C2+ Topic:Communication

US /ˈtʃænəˌlaɪz/ UK /ˈtʃænəˌlaɪz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to direct or convey through a channel or defined course

Engineers channelized the stream away from the housing estate.

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Etymology

From channel + -ize. Channel is from Old French chanel, from Latin canālis ('pipe, channel'), from canna ('reed').

canālis Latin canna Latin

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# channelize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtʃænəˌlaɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃænəˌlaɪz/

## Meanings
1. to direct or convey through a channel or defined course

## Examples
- Engineers channelized the stream away from the housing estate.

## Synonyms
- channel
- direct
- route
- funnel
- conduct
- guide
- convey

## Antonyms
- disperse
- scatter

## Derived Forms
- channelization

## Related Forms
- channel

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: canālis
- Root: canna

## Etymology
From channel + -ize. Channel is from Old French chanel, from Latin canālis ('pipe, channel'), from canna ('reed').

## AI Etymology
Channelize comes from channel + -ize. Channel is from Old French chanel, from Latin canālis ('pipe, channel'), from canna ('reed'). The historical trail runs through canālis in Latin and canna in Latin. Morphologically, channelize is transparent: it draws on channel + -ize. Used as a verb, channelize now means "direct or convey through a channel or defined course", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as channelization and related forms such as channel. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Communication
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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