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Meaning of "fossilised" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOSSILISED

fossilised  [ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪzd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOSSILISED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fossilised is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FOSSILISED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fossilised

Fossil

Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous rock formations and sedimentary layers is known as the fossil record. The study of fossils across geological time, how they were formed, and the evolutionary relationships between taxa are some of the most important functions of the science of paleontology. Such a preserved specimen is called a "fossil" if it is older than some minimum age, most often the arbitrary date of 10,000 years. Hence, fossils range in age from the youngest at the start of the Holocene Epoch to the oldest from the Archaean Eon, up to 3.48 billion years old. The observation that certain fossils were associated with certain rock strata led early geologists to recognize a geological timescale in the 19th century. The development of radiometric dating techniques in the early 20th century allowed geologists to determine the numerical or "absolute" age of the various strata and thereby the included fossils.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOSSILISED


civilized
ˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
fossilized
ˈfɒsɪˌlaɪzd
hypercivilised
ˌhaɪpəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
hypercivilized
ˌhaɪpəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
overcivilised
ˌəʊvəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
overcivilized
ˌəʊvəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
presterilised
priːˈstɛrɪˌlaɪzd
presterilized
priːˈstɛrɪˌlaɪzd
semicivilised
ˌsemɪˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
subcivilized
sʌbˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
supercivilized
ˌsuːpərˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
ultracivilized
ˌʌltrəˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
uncivilized
ʌnˈsɪvɪˌlaɪzd
unfertilised
ʌnˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪzd
unfertilized
ʌnˈfɜːtɪˌlaɪzd
unfossilised
ʌnˈfɒsɪˌlaɪzd
unsterilised
ʌnˈstɛrɪˌlaɪzd
unsterilized
ʌnˈstɛrɪˌlaɪzd
unutilised
ʌnˈjuːtɪˌlaɪzd
unutilized
ʌnˈjuːtɪˌlaɪzd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOSSILISED

fossed
fossette
fossick
fossicker
fossil
fossil energy
fossil fuel
fossiliferous
fossilisable
fossilisation
fossilise
fossilizable
fossilization
fossilize
fossilized
fossor
fossorial
fossula
fossulate

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOSSILISED

adrenalised
advised
civilised
creolised
decontextualised
nonhospitalised
pearlised
sectionalised
self-fertilised
tanalised
uncapitalised
uncrystallised
undercapitalised
unformalised
unlocalised
unmoralised
unrealised
unsocialised
unspecialised
unverbalised
unvocalised

Synonyms and antonyms of fossilised in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fossilised» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOSSILISED

Find out the translation of fossilised to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fossilised from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fossilised» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

化石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fosilizado
570 millions of speakers

English

fossilised
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जीवाश्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متحجر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

окаменелый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fossilizado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবাশ্ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fossilisé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fosil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

versteinerte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

化石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fosil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hóa thạch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படிமங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जीवाश्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fosilleşmiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fossilizzato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skostniały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скам´янілий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fosilizat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απολιθωμένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

versteende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fossil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fossilt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fossilised

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOSSILISED»

The term «fossilised» is regularly used and occupies the 70.561 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOSSILISED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fossilised» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fossilised» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fossilised

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOSSILISED»

Discover the use of fossilised in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fossilised and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Student's Introduction to English Grammar
Fossilisation Some verb + preposition combinations are fossilised, in the sense that they don't permit any variation in their relative positions. An example of such a fossilised combination is come + across, meaning "find by chance", as in I came  ...
Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, 2005
2
Taxonomy of Commonly Fossilised Invertebrates
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
3
Metaphysics and the New Age: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
This all started in 1943 by paleontologist Ralph von Koenigswald, who discovered fossilised teeth in China which proved to be like the human molars but six times as large. Fossilisation takes thousands of years to form. Chinese apothecary ...
Peter Daley, 2009
4
The Cambridge History of the English Language
Viewing language as fossilised poetry, fossilised ethics, and fossilised history, he lauded the benefits of seeking after a word's 'etymology or primary meaning' ( 1852: 12). Following his friend Herbert Coleridge, he noted that 'few modes of ...
Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Suzanne Romaine, 1998
5
Cultural Heritage Conservation and Environmental Impact ...
3.6 Mn oxidation in odontolites In the Middle Ages, Cistercian monks created odontolite, a turquoise-blue gemstone, by heating fossilised mastodon ivory found in 13–16 million year old Miocene geological layers next to the Pyrenees.
Rene van Grieken, Koen Janssens, 2005
6
Marine Parasitology
Figure 5.1 A. Galls of putative myzostomids on the arm ofa fossilised crinoid. From Hess et al. (1999), 'Fossil crinoids'; Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press). B. Ventral view of Paleozoic stalked crinoid Platycrinites ...
Klaus Rohde, 2005
7
Too Smart for Our Own Good: The Ecological Predicament of ...
Next, also to produce fires of various sorts, we began first using fossilised coal, which is solid, then fossilised oil, which is liquid, then fossilised natural gas, which is gaseous. And finally we moved on to inorganic uranium. Thus, throughout ...
Craig Dilworth, 2010
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Routledge Enyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning
Fossilisation includes temporary fossilisation and permanent fossilisation. Fossilised items may become 'ineradicable through learning or teaching' McDonouh, 1999 3). Extended exposure to the language will not necessarily alter fossilised ...
Michael Byram, Adelheid Hu, 2013
9
Creation Or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose?
Only in rocks from 350 million years ago do we begin to discover fossilised land animals, amphibians and insects, followed at 300 million years ago by reptiles. From 230—65 million years ago dinosaurs ruled the world and are major features ...
Denis Alexander, 2008
10
The Sibyl and Her Scribes: Manuscripts and Interpretation of ...
However, one manuscript suggests that even fossilised regnal lists might have had contemporary political resonance: the unique fifteenth-century Breslau manuscript glosses a fossilised twelfth-century regnal list as if it referred to thirteenth- ...
Anke Holdenried, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOSSILISED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fossilised is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dotcom survivor embarks on a great north run with Sage
But this mainstay is beginning to look fossilised in an era of social networks and smartphones, where consumers enjoy instant access to huge ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
2
Object Lessons by George Loudon review – small but spectacular …
... even if you're the sort of person who usually dashes past the fossilised fish remains in the Natural History Museum on the way to gawp at the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
David Attenborough and me: an inspirational journey of a lifetime
They were apparently fossilised while doing their best to make more trilobites. "Trilobite jig-a-jig!" the salesman had gleefully explained. On the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
'Civil servants must walk the ground first before making policies …
“If you just keep them within the Government, in the long run, (they) become an elite, become fossilised,” he said. -TODAY/av. Email; More. «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
5
Pawn Stars Australia's Aaron and Ben Seres with mate Shanon …
Nothing is off limits, be it a treasured tile from the Sydney Opera House, a prosthetic leg or a prized fossilised megalodon shark tooth. «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
'Civil servants must walk the ground first before making policies'
... concentrated in the public sector. “If you just keep them within the Government, in the long run, (they) become an elite, become fossilised,” he ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
7
Giant reptile fossil found on Isle of Wight
The fossilised rostrum - or snout - of the coloborhynchus was confirmed after Mr Thurbin took it to staff at Dinosaur Isle Museum in Sandown, ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
8
Wendi the horny dino named after Canadian fossil hunter. Charming!
The new dino was identified from fossilised bones found in Alberta, Canada. Boffins involved in the dig believe that W pinhornensis was ... «The Register, Jul 15»
9
Rottnest's tropical corals found to thrive
"It is really interesting that most of the locations where tropical corals are expanding their ranges, often have fossilised reefs formed during the ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
10
Coloborhynchus snout discovered on Isle of Wight
The fossilised snout of a giant flying reptile unearthed on the Isle of Wight is the first of its kind to be discovered on the island. «BBC News, Jul 15»

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