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academize

academize verb: to make academic.

Verb

academize (third-person singular simple present academizes, present participle academizing, simple past and past participle academized)

  1. (transitive) To make academic.
  2. (UK, transitive) To convert (a school) into a publicly-run academy.

Forms of academize

third-person singular presentacademizes
present participleacademizing
past participleacademized
pastacademized
alternative formacademise

Words formed from academize

Questions about academize

What does academize mean?
Academize means to make academic.
What part of speech is academize?
Academize is a verb.
What is the past tense of academize?
The past tense of academize is academized.

Words near academize in the dictionary

  1. academists
  2. academite
  3. academites
  4. academization
  5. academizations
  6. academize
  7. academized
  8. academizes
  9. academizing
  10. Academus
  11. academy

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