metricize

Other forms of metricize

past tense

metricized·

present participle

metricizing·

third person

metricizes·

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 metricize

What does metricize mean?

metricize means "express in the metric system". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in metricize?

metricize has 3 syllables: me-tri-cize. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for metricize?

Close synonyms include metricise, metricise, metrify, metricate. 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 metricize a common word?

metricize 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.