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plagiarize

/ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
pla-gia-rize
IPA
/ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹaɪz/
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin plagium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin plagiārius English plagiary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English plagiarize From plagiary + -ize, ultimately from Latin plagiare (“to kidnap, to abduct”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

plagiarizes (present, singular) plagiarizing (participle, present) plagiarized (participle, past) plagiarized (past) plagiarise (alternative)

Derived Forms

plagiarizable plagiarization plagiarizer

Frequently Paired Words

plagiarism

Synonyms

cog crib knock off lift rip off plagiarise

Questions

How do you pronounce plagiarize?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹaɪz/.
What does plagiarize mean?
To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.
Where does plagiarize come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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