Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

licence

/ˈlaɪ.səns/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: li-cence
IPA: /ˈlaɪ.səns/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

Misspelling of license.

Canadian usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"In some areas they have attempted to decasualize certain types of employment and to control street-trading by a local licensing system requiring juveniles to obtain their licences through the committees."
"Serlio criticises the artistic licence taken by both ancient and contemporary architects, here specifically related to the confusion created by the rich decoration of the arch–in his illustrations, he stripped the monument of most of its beautifully […]"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlaɪ.səns/
British English: /ˈlaɪ.səns/

Usage

Inflected Forms

licences (plural) licences (present, singular) licencing (participle, present) licenced (participle, past) licenced (past)

Derived Forms

licenced licencee licenceless licencelike licentiate licentious licentiously licentiousness multilicence sublicence

Phrases

artistic licence driver licence driver's licence driving licence firearms licence fly without a licence free on license gun licence

Synonyms

license permit certify

Homonyms

license

Rhymes With

license

Questions

How do you pronounce licence?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlaɪ.səns/.
What does licence mean?: UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license.

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