colloquializing

English

Adjective

colloquializing (comparative more colloquializing, superlative most colloquializing)

1. converting into a colloquial or informal register.
   • 1989, Harivallabh Chunilal Bhayani, Apabhraṁśa Language and Literature: A Short Introduction, page 3:

     In course of time this mixed language becomes again standardized and the colloquializing process is repeated.

   • 2009, Antoinette Renouf, Andrew Kehoe (eds), Corpus Linguistics: Refinements and Reassessment, page 309:

     The present analysis, focused on genre categories and pragmatic aims, shows that the colloquialising force of the semi-modal does not work in isolation.

Verb

colloquializing

1. present participle and gerund of colloquialize