decimalize

1. 1.

   change from fractions to decimals

   “Stock prices will be decimalized in the year 2000”

   Synonymsdecimalise

   Broaderchange
2. 2.

   change to the decimal system

   “The country decimalized the currency in 1975”

   Synonymsdecimalise

   Broaderconvert

Other forms of decimalize

past tense

decimalized·

present participle

decimalizing·

third person

decimalizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about decimalize

What does decimalize mean?

decimalize means "change from fractions to decimals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in decimalize?

decimalize has 4 syllables: de-ci-ma-lize. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for decimalize?

Close synonyms include decimalise, decimalise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is decimalize a common word?

decimalize is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.