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conventionalise

conventionalise is the alternative spelling of conventionalize.

Meaning of conventionalize

Verb

conventionalize (third-person singular simple present conventionalizes, present participle conventionalizing, simple past and past participle conventionalized)

  1. (transitive) To make something conventional.
    • A human language is a conventionalized communication system that is acquired, produced, and understood in a community of people, to be used in their day-to-day lives.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1

Forms of conventionalise

third-person singular presentconventionalises
present participleconventionalising
past participleconventionalised
pastconventionalised

Origin of conventionalise

From conventional + -ise.

Words formed from conventionalise

Questions about conventionalise

What is conventionalise the alternative spelling of?
Conventionalise is the alternative spelling of conventionalize.

Words near conventionalise in the dictionary

  1. conventional weapons
  2. conventional wisdom
  3. conventional wisdoms
  4. conventionalisation
  5. conventionalisations
  6. conventionalise
  7. conventionalised
  8. conventionalises
  9. conventionalising
  10. conventionalism
  11. conventionalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conventionalise (page history and authors); conventionalize (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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