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# normalise

verb (normalise, normalises, normalised, normalising)

«normalise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make something seem normal or ordinary, so people accept it, as in "normalise talking about feelings". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#m1)
2. To return something to a normal state, as in "relations normalised". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#m2)
3. (maths, science) To change numbers to a standard scale so they can be compared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#x1)
- Laughing at bullying normalises it, which is wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#x2)
- After the storm, life slowly normalised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#x3)
- The two countries agreed to normalise relations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#x4)
- Scientists normalise the results so they can compare them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#x5)
- Her temperature normalised after the medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#x6)
- Some games normalise violence, critics say. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/#x7)

### Note

UK, Australia, NZ spelling "normalise"; US and Canada "normalize". Noun "normalisation". "Normalise" can be good (normalise asking for help) or bad (normalise cruelty).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «normalise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/normalise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«normalise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/normalise.html) on Mova free.