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colourize

colourize verb: standard spelling of colourise. Also the alternative spelling of colourise.

Verb

colourize (third-person singular simple present colourizes, present participle colourizing, simple past and past participle colourized)

  1. (Canada) Standard spelling of colourise.

Also used as

colourize is also the alternative spelling of colourise.

Forms of colourize

third-person singular presentcolourizes
present participlecolourizing
past participlecolourized
pastcolourized

Origin of colourize

From colour + -ize.

Questions about colourize

What does colourize mean?
Colourize means standard spelling of colourise.
What part of speech is colourize?
Colourize is a verb.
What is the past tense of colourize?
The past tense of colourize is colourized.

Words near colourize in the dictionary

  1. colouristical
  2. colouristically
  3. colourists
  4. colourization
  5. colourizations
  6. colourize
  7. colourized
  8. colourizer
  9. colourizers
  10. colourizes
  11. colourizing

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