regularize

English

Alternative forms

• regularise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From regular +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡjəlɚaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

regularize (third-person singular simple present regularizes, present participle regularizing, simple past and past participle regularized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. To make regular.

   Antonym: irregularize

   Regularizing spelling was an important step in the advancement of literary society.

Translations

to make regular

Bulgarian: регулирам (bg) (reguliram), нормализирам (bg) (normaliziram) Finnish: säännöllistää French: régulariser (fr) Galician: regularizar Portuguese: regularizar

Further reading

• “regularize”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Portuguese

Verb

regularize

1. inflection of regularizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative