endorse

Other forms of endorse

past tense

endorsed·

present participle

endorsing·

third person

endorses·

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 endorse

What does endorse mean?

endorse means "be behind; approve of". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in endorse?

endorse has 2 syllables: en-dorse. The stress falls on "dorse". In IPA it is /ɛnˈdɔɹs/.

What is another word for endorse?

Close synonyms include back, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support. 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 endorse a common word?

endorse is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.