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revolutionise

revolutionise verb: to change radically or significantly, as in a revolution.

Verb

revolutionise (third-person singular simple present revolutionises, present participle revolutionising, simple past and past participle revolutionised)

  1. To change radically or significantly, as in a revolution.

Forms of revolutionise

third-person singular presentrevolutionises
present participlerevolutionising
past participlerevolutionised
pastrevolutionised
alternative formrevolutionize

Past tense of revolutionise: revolutionised

Origin of revolutionise

From revolution + -ise.

Words formed from revolutionise

Questions about revolutionise

What does revolutionise mean?
Revolutionise means to change radically or significantly, as in a revolution.
What part of speech is revolutionise?
Revolutionise is a verb.
What is the past tense of revolutionise?
The past tense of revolutionise is revolutionised.

Words near revolutionise in the dictionary

  1. revolutioneers
  2. revolutioner
  3. revolutioners
  4. revolutionisation
  5. revolutionisations
  6. revolutionise
  7. revolutionised
  8. revolutioniser
  9. revolutionisers
  10. revolutionises
  11. revolutionising

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