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🔤 Verb suffix 🕰️ Past tense ending
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An ending added to words to show making or becoming something
  • other
  • UK
: sufijo -ised
  • When you add ised to a noun or adjective, it often means 'to make' or 'to become' that thing.

Examples

  • Words like 'modernised' and 'legalised' use the ised ending to show the verb form.

  • The suffix ised is commonly found in British English spellings of certain verbs.

  • The country was modernised rapidly.

  • Have you legalized your documents yet?

  • By adding the suffix ised to the word 'modern,' you create the verb 'modernised,' meaning to make something more modern.

  • Many British authors prefer to use 'organised' instead of 'organized,' demonstrating the ised verb form.

  • The term 'legalised' shows how the suffix ised transforms the noun 'legal' into a verb meaning to make something lawful.

Synonyms

-ize
vsised
  • Specialized
4.4

To add letters to a word to make a verb meaning to make or become

covers both spelling variants rather than a single spelling form

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Ised as a suffix means 'to make' or 'to become', as in modernise and legalise. A helpful way to remember is to think of adding the idea 'make' to a word — for example, modern + -ise = modernise, meaning 'to make modern'.