externalize

tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

1. 1. To make external.
   2. To manifest externally: "Marriage is a nice way to externalize the private commitments made between you" (Patti Davis).
2. To attribute to outside causes.
3. To project or attribute (inner conflicts or feelings) to external circumstances or causes.

externalization ex·ter'nal·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

The ability to easily connect to and transfer information between business partners. Increasingly, information systems are designed to make their data available to outside partners and customers. This type of collaboration is expected to be a vital part of IT in the 21st century. See EDI.

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verb

To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form: body forth, embody, exteriorize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify, substantiate. See substitute.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: regard as objective; in psychology
  Synonyms: project, externalise

Meaning #2: make external or objective, or give reality to
  Synonyms: exteriorize, exteriorise, externalise, objectify

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - eksternalisere, tillægge ydre eksistens, rationalisere, gøre udadvendt

Nederlands (Dutch)
rationaliseren, extern bestaan toekennen aan

Français (French)
v. tr. - extérioriser

Deutsch (German)
v. - nach außen projizieren, verkörperlichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εκφράζω, εξωτερικεύω

Italiano (Italian)
esternare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - exteriorizar

Русский (Russian)
проявлять, выражать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - exteriorizar, dar forma o cuerpo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ge yttre form åt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使客观化, 使具体化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使客觀化, 使具體化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 구체화하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 外面化する, 具体化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبرز, يجسد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החצין‬

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