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-izing

-izing is the present participle and gerund of -ize.

Meaning of -ize

Suffix

-ize (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -izes, present participle -izing, simple past and past participle -ized)

  1. to make what is denoted by the noun/adjective
    • pixel + -ize → pixelize
  2. to do what is denoted by the noun/adjective
    • cannibal + -ize → cannibalize

Questions about -izing

What is -izing the present participle and gerund of?
-izing is the present participle and gerund of -ize.

Words near -izing in the dictionary

  1. -ize
  2. -ized
  3. -izer
  4. -izes
  5. -izine
  6. -izing
  7. -izz-
  8. -izzle
  9. -izzy
  10. -ja
  11. -ji

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -izing (page history and authors); -ize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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