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METRICISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they metricise ... he / she / it metricises
Past simple: metricised
Past participle: metricised
-ing form: metricising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Convert from a non-metric to the metric system
Synonyms:
metricate; metricise; metricize; metrify
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "metricise" is one way to...):
change over; convert (change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Express in the metric system
Synonyms:
metricise; metricize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "metricise" is one way to...):
transform; translate (change from one form or medium into another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
