seizure

Other forms of seizure

plural

seizures·

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 seizure

What does seizure mean?

seizure means "a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seizure?

seizure has 2 syllables: sei-zure. The stress falls on "sei". In IPA it is /ˈsiʒɚ/.

What is another word for seizure?

Close synonyms include ictus, raptus, capture, gaining control, capture. 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 seizure a common word?

seizure 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.