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decimalise

decimalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decimalize.

Meaning of decimalize

Verb

decimalize (third-person singular simple present decimalizes, present participle decimalizing, simple past and past participle decimalized)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To convert to the decimal system.
    Synonyms:
    decimate

Forms of decimalise

third-person singular presentdecimalises
present participledecimalising
past participledecimalised
pastdecimalised

Origin of decimalise

From decimal + -ise.

Questions about decimalise

What is decimalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Decimalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decimalize.

Words near decimalise in the dictionary

  1. decimaled
  2. decimalic
  3. decimaling
  4. decimalisation
  5. decimalisations
  6. decimalise
  7. decimalised
  8. decimalises
  9. decimalising
  10. decimalism
  11. decimalist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decimalise (page history and authors); decimalize (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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