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sensationalise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
sen-sa-tion-alise
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sensationalize.

British usage

Etymology

From sensational + -ise.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sensationalises (present, singular) sensationalising (participle, present) sensationalised (participle, past) sensationalised (past)

Questions

What does sensationalise mean?
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sensationalize.
Where does sensationalise come from?
From sensational + -ise.

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