severalise

Other forms of severalise

past tense

severalised·

present participle

severalising·

third person

severalises·

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 severalise

What does severalise mean?

severalise means "distinguish or separate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in severalise?

severalise has 4 syllables: se-ve-ra-lise. The stress falls on "ve".

What is another word for severalise?

Close synonyms include severalize, distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern. 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 severalise a common word?

severalise 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.