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metricize

metricize verb: to make metric.

Verb

metricize (third-person singular simple present metricizes, present participle metricizing, simple past and past participle metricized)

  1. To make metric
  2. To introduce metrics into (a process)
  3. To represent or measure by a metric
  4. To use poetic meter

Forms of metricize

third-person singular presentmetricizes
present participlemetricizing
past participlemetricized
pastmetricized

Origin of metricize

From metric + -ize.

Questions about metricize

What does metricize mean?
Metricize means to make metric.
What part of speech is metricize?
Metricize is a verb.
What is the past tense of metricize?
The past tense of metricize is metricized.

Words near metricize in the dictionary

  1. metricists
  2. metricities
  3. metricity
  4. metricization
  5. metricizations
  6. metricize
  7. metricized
  8. metricizes
  9. metricizing
  10. metricked
  11. metricking

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