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commonise

commonise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of commonize.

Meaning of commonize

Verb

commonize (third-person singular simple present commonizes, present participle commonizing, simple past and past participle commonized)

  1. To make similar or common.
    • He attempted to commonize the various standards by ensuring a similar format and implementation.
  2. To deprecate the importance of, or make ordinary.
    • She gave each participant a trophy, regardless of win or loss, to commonize the award for winning.

Forms of commonise

third-person singular presentcommonises
present participlecommonising
past participlecommonised
pastcommonised

Origin of commonise

From common + -ise.

Questions about commonise

What is commonise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Commonise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of commonize.

Words near commonise in the dictionary

  1. commonhoods
  2. commoning
  3. commonious
  4. commonisation
  5. commonisations
  6. commonise
  7. commonised
  8. commonises
  9. commonish
  10. commonising
  11. commonition

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Adapted from Wiktionary: commonise (page history and authors); commonize (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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