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motorised

motorised is the alternative spelling of motorized.

motorised is the simple past and past participle of motorise.

Meaning of motorized

Adjective

motorized (not comparable)

  1. Equipped with a motor.
    • Some would argue that a moped is little more than a motorized bicycle, but others would disagree.
  2. Supplied with motor vehicles.
    • Because the medic had been supplied with a jeep, he and his aide were classed as a motorized detachment.

Questions about motorised

What is motorised the alternative spelling of?
Motorised is the alternative spelling of motorized.

Words near motorised in the dictionary

  1. motoring
  2. motorings
  3. motorisation
  4. motorisations
  5. motorise
  6. motorised
  7. motorises
  8. motorising
  9. motorism
  10. motorist
  11. motorists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: motorised (page history and authors); motorized (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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