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lateralise

lateralise is the alternative form of lateralize.

Meaning of lateralize

Verb

lateralize (third-person singular simple present lateralizes, present participle lateralizing, simple past and past participle lateralized)

  1. To localize a function to either the left or right side of the brain

Forms of lateralise

third-person singular presentlateralises
present participlelateralising
past participlelateralised
pastlateralised

Origin of lateralise

From lateral + -ise.

Words formed from lateralise

Questions about lateralise

What is lateralise the alternative form of?
Lateralise is the alternative form of lateralize.

Words near lateralise in the dictionary

  1. lateral transfers
  2. lateraled
  3. lateraling
  4. lateralisation
  5. lateralisations
  6. lateralise
  7. lateralised
  8. lateralises
  9. lateralising
  10. lateralism
  11. lateralisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lateralise (page history and authors); lateralize (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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