Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - lionize
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Lionize
lionize
(lionizes, lionizing, lionized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'lionise' If someone is lionized, they are treated as if they are very important or special by a particular group of people, often when they do not really deserve to be. (FORMAL) By the 1920’s, he was lionised by literary London... The press began to lionize him enthusiastically... In 1936, Max Schmeling had been lionised as boxing’s great hope. VERB: be V-ed, V n, be V-ed as n
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1.
transitive verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1809 1. to treat as an object of great interest or importance 2. British to show the sights of a place to • lionization noun • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. носиться (с кем-л.) как со знаменитостью 2. показывать или осматривать достопримечательности ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) носиться с кем-л. как со знаменитостью 2) осматривать/показывать достопримечательности ...Англо-русский словарь
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also -ise BrE v to treat someone as being important or famous - lionization n lip ~ n 1 one of the two edges of your mouth where your skin is redder or darker (Marty kissed me right on the lips!) 2 informal a word meaning rude, angry talk, used especially by adults to children (give sb lip) (Don't give me any of your lip!) 3 thin-lipped/full-lipped etc with lips that are thin, round etc 4 C usually singular the edge of something you use to pour liquid from (There's a crack in the lip of that jug.) 5 the edge of a hollow or deep place in the land, usually one made out of rock (the lip of the canyon) 6 my lips are sealed spoken used to say that you will keep a secret 7 sth will not pass my lips used to say that you will not talk about something that is secret (Don't worry, not a word of this shall pass my lips!) 8 on everyone's lips being talked about by everyone (a name that will soon be on everyone's lips) 9 BrE spoken an angry expression (Look at the lip on her!) (- see also lick your lips lick1 (5), read sb's lips read1 (15), keep a stiff upper lip stiff1 (9)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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