oxygenize

Other forms of oxygenize

past tense

oxygenized·

present participle

oxygenizing·

third person

oxygenizes·

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 oxygenize

What does oxygenize mean?

oxygenize means "change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oxygenize?

oxygenize has 4 syllables: ox-y-ge-nize. The stress falls on "y".

What is another word for oxygenize?

Close synonyms include oxygenise, oxygenise, oxygenate, oxygenise, aerate. 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 oxygenize a common word?

oxygenize 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.