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polarise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
po-larise
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarize.

British usage

Etymology

From French polariser, equivalent to polar + -ise.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

polarises (present, singular) polarising (participle, present) polarised (participle, past) polarised (past)

Derived Forms

bipolarise depolarise hyperpolarise repolarise

Synonyms

polarize

Questions

What does polarise mean?
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of polarize.
Where does polarise come from?
It is traced to French.

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