standardize

Other forms of standardize

past tense

standardized·

present participle

standardizing·

third person

standardizes·

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 standardize

What does standardize mean?

standardize means "cause to conform to standard or norm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in standardize?

standardize has 3 syllables: stan-dar-dize. The stress falls on "stan". In IPA it is /ˈstændɚˌdaɪz/.

What is another word for standardize?

Close synonyms include standardise, standardise. 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 standardize a common word?

standardize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with standardize?

8 words rhyme with standardize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.