normalise
part of speech
verb (normalise, normalises, normalised, normalising)
meaning for a pupil
1) To make something seem normal or ordinary, so people accept it, as in "normalise talking about feelings". tree →
2) To return something to a normal state, as in "relations normalised". tree →
3) (maths, science) To change numbers to a standard scale so they can be compared. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in PSHE ("We want to normalise asking for help"; "Don't normalise bullying"), in news about countries making peace (normalise relations), and in science and data, where values are scaled so they can be compared fairly.
examples
- We should normalise talking about mental health. tree →
- Laughing at bullying normalises it, which is wrong. tree →
- After the storm, life slowly normalised. tree →
- The two countries agreed to normalise relations. tree →
- Scientists normalise the results so they can compare them. tree →
- Her temperature normalised after the medicine. tree →
- Some games normalise violence, critics say. tree →
note
UK, Australia, NZ spelling "normalise"; US and Canada "normalize". Noun "normalisation". "Normalise" can be good (normalise asking for help) or bad (normalise cruelty).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «normalise» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.