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📏 To use metric units 📊 To measure with data
to metricize

to metricize

8.6
To convert measurements to metric units like meters or grams
  • verb
  • /ˈmɛtrɪˌkaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : metricar
  • The government decided to metricize all official road signs throughout the country.

Examples

  • To ensure global compatibility, the laboratory started to metricize their measurements, utilizing liters and grams.

  • The laboratory started to metricize their measurements for consistency with international standards.

  • It can be challenging to metricize recipes that use traditional units like cups and ounces.

  • We need to metricize our measurements!

  • The engineer will metricize the data for better accuracy.

  • The government decided to metricize all official road signs throughout the country to align with international standards.

  • It can be challenging to metricize recipes that use traditional units like cups and ounces for accurate cooking.

Synonyms

to metricate
vsto metricize
  • Specialized
9.1

Change measurements so they use meters, kilograms, and liters

has identical meaning but is a different verb form
to metrify
vsto metricize
  • Specialized
9.9

Change measurements like inches or pounds into meters and grams

has identical meaning but appears as a different verb form

Surface Forms

metricize infinitive
metricized past
metricized past participle
metricizing present participle
metricizes third person singular

Morphology

metricize = metric (transparent) = metric + ize

Direct and regular formation: 'metric' + '-ize' yields 'to make or convert into metric units', which is predictable for learners.

Etymology

Metricize comes from metric ('measure') and the ending -ize ('to make'). So to metricize something is to change it into metric units like meters, liters or grams, in other words to 'make' it measured by the metric system.