normalize

UK: /ˈnɔːməˌlaɪz/ US: /ˈnɔrməlaɪz/ ,(nôr′mə līz′)

Inflections of 'normalize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

normalizes

v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

normalizing

v pres p (US & UK)

normalized

v past (US & UK)

normalized

v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

nor•mal•ize /ˈnɔrməlaɪz/  v., -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to (cause to) become normal; to (cause to) come back to a previous state, esp. of friendliness: [~ + object]
   to normalize relations between the two countries.
   [no object]
   The situation seems to have normalized.

nor•mal•i•za•tion /ˌnɔrməlɪˈzeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable] See -norm-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

nor•mal•ize  (nôr′mə līz′), v., ized, -iz•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to make normal.
2. Government to establish or resume (relations) in a normal manner, as between countries.
3. Metallurgy to heat (a steel alloy) to a suitable temperature above the transformation range and then to cool in still air at ambient temperature.

v.i. 

4. to become normal* resume a normal state:
   Prices soon normalized after the war.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] nor′mal•ise′. 

• normal + -ize 1860–65

nor′mal•i•za′tion, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

normalize, normalise / ˈnɔːməˌlaɪz/ verb (transitive)

1. to bring or make into the normal state
2. to bring into conformity with a standard
3. to remove a prohibition or stigma from (a practice)
4. to heat (steel) above a critical temperature and allow it to cool in air to relieve internal stresses; anneal