posterize

verbB2

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verb
V_es/s
posterizes
V_ing/Gerund
posterizing
V_ed/pp
posterizedposterise
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To inadvertently or intentionally reduce the number of colours in (a photograph or other image), changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones with abrupt changes from one tone to another.

  2. 2.

    (Canada, US, slang, transitive)To score a slam dunk in basketball against (one or more opposing players) by leaping over them; also (by extension, sports, slang), to score a goal, a point, etc., in some other sport against (one or more opposing players) in a spectacular manner.

  3. 3.

    (intransitive)(intransitive, graphic design, photography) To inadvertently or intentionally reduce the number of colours in a photograph or other image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones with abrupt changes from one tone to another.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From poster + -ize. to reduce colours (“to reduce the number of colours”) refers to the original use of the process to produce posters. to slam dunk (“to score a slam dunk in basketball against (one or more opposing players) by leaping over them”) refers to the action being so spectacular as to warrant a photograph of it being printed on a poster.

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, wiktionary · cập nhật 15/8/2026

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