Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commonise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-monise
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of commonize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"“The trick is not to commonise the wrong bits in different models. You commonise parts such as batteries and alternators, not things the customer can see, like the window switches.”"
"Special new fasteners are being introduced on the new car to hold it together better than ever. To simplify design and ease of maintenance I eventually hope to commonise and standardise all fasteners on the car."

Etymology

From common + -ise.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

commonises (present, singular) commonising (participle, present) commonised (participle, past) commonised (past)

Questions

What does commonise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of commonize.
Where does commonise come from?: From common + -ise.

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