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pressurise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
pres-surise
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize.

British usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pressūrader. English pressure English -ise English pressurise From pressure + -ise.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pressurises (present, singular) pressurising (participle, present) pressurised (participle, past) pressurised (past)

Derived Forms

pressurisation repressurise

Synonyms

pressurize supercharge

Antonyms

depressurise

Questions

What does pressurise mean?
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of pressurize.
Where does pressurise come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pressūrader. English pressure English -ise English pressurise From pressure + -ise.

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