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PRONUNCIATION OF IRONISE

ironise  [ˈaɪrəˌnaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRONISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ironise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ironise in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO IRONISE

PRESENT

Present
I ironise
you ironise
he/she/it ironises
we ironise
you ironise
they ironise
Present continuous
I am ironising
you are ironising
he/she/it is ironising
we are ironising
you are ironising
they are ironising
Present perfect
I have ironised
you have ironised
he/she/it has ironised
we have ironised
you have ironised
they have ironised
Present perfect continuous
I have been ironising
you have been ironising
he/she/it has been ironising
we have been ironising
you have been ironising
they have been ironising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I ironised
you ironised
he/she/it ironised
we ironised
you ironised
they ironised
Past continuous
I was ironising
you were ironising
he/she/it was ironising
we were ironising
you were ironising
they were ironising
Past perfect
I had ironised
you had ironised
he/she/it had ironised
we had ironised
you had ironised
they had ironised
Past perfect continuous
I had been ironising
you had been ironising
he/she/it had been ironising
we had been ironising
you had been ironising
they had been ironising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will ironise
you will ironise
he/she/it will ironise
we will ironise
you will ironise
they will ironise
Future continuous
I will be ironising
you will be ironising
he/she/it will be ironising
we will be ironising
you will be ironising
they will be ironising
Future perfect
I will have ironised
you will have ironised
he/she/it will have ironised
we will have ironised
you will have ironised
they will have ironised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been ironising
you will have been ironising
he/she/it will have been ironising
we will have been ironising
you will have been ironising
they will have been ironising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would ironise
you would ironise
he/she/it would ironise
we would ironise
you would ironise
they would ironise
Conditional continuous
I would be ironising
you would be ironising
he/she/it would be ironising
we would be ironising
you would be ironising
they would be ironising
Conditional perfect
I would have ironise
you would have ironise
he/she/it would have ironise
we would have ironise
you would have ironise
they would have ironise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been ironising
you would have been ironising
he/she/it would have been ironising
we would have been ironising
you would have been ironising
they would have been ironising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you ironise
we let´s ironise
you ironise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to ironise
Past participle
ironised
Present Participle
ironising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRONISE


humanize
ˈhjuːməˌnaɪz
ironize
ˈaɪrəˌnaɪz
isochronise
aɪˈsɒkrəˌnaɪz
isochronize
aɪˈsɒkrəˌnaɪz
Italianize
ɪˈtæljəˌnaɪz
matronize
ˈmeɪtrəˌnaɪz
modernize
ˈmɒdəˌnaɪz
organize
ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz
patronize
ˈpætrəˌnaɪz
postsynchronize
pəʊstˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz
resynchronise
riːˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz
resynchronize
ˌriːˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz
revolutionize
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz
sirenize
ˈsaɪərəˌnaɪz
sironise
ˈsaɪrəˌnaɪz
sironize
ˈsaɪrəˌnaɪz
synchronise
ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz
synchronize
ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz
tyrannise
ˈtɪrəˌnaɪz
tyrannize
ˈtɪrəˌnaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRONISE

ironfisted
ironhanded
ironhearted
ironic
ironical
ironically
ironicalness
ironies
ironing
ironing board
ironist
ironize
ironless
ironlike
ironman
ironmaster
ironmonger
ironmonger´s
ironmongery
ironness

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRONISE

adonise
agonise
antagonise
canonise
caponise
carbonise
colonise
decarbonise
decolonise
demonise
ebonise
euphonise
gluttonise
ionise
jargonise
lionise
organise
ozonise
preconise
recolonise
revolutionise

Synonyms and antonyms of ironise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ironise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRONISE

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

Translator English - Chinese

ironise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ironise
570 millions of speakers

English

ironise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ironise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ironise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ironise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ironizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ironise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ironise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ironis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ironise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ironise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ironise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ironise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ironise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ironise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोखणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ironise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ironise
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ironise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ironise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ironise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ironise
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ironise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ironisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ironise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ironise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRONISE»

The term «ironise» is regularly used and occupies the 70.995 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRONISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ironise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ironise» 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 ironise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRONISE»

Discover the use of ironise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ironise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
aIjVn dudl, aIjVn dugl, aIjVn gugl/ (< iron, fr material + E doodle or doogs 'number of marbles risked in a game') = balls bearing, doodle, iron tetay, ironise, slug(s) ◊ But me taw get break, Ah had use an iron dugle as substitute, She said you ...
Lise Winer, 2009
2
the element of irony in english literature
Thus Plato, in the beginning of the Republic, does not seek directly to ironise the idea that justice is the right of the stronger over the weaker, for strength can mean many things, and the idea is not unworthy of our consideration; what he is very ...
F. Mac D. C. Turner, F. McD. C. Turner, 1926
3
Simon, oncle en été
Une fille dans chaque port », ironise-t-il. « Ne pourrons-nous jamais sur l¶océan des âges jeter l¶ancre un seul jour ? » Sortant de sa rêverie, Vitodi jette un dernier regard aux cygnes, mendiants à la fière encolure qui guettent les lancers de ...
Comte de Sué
4
Eroticism and Death in Theatre and Performance
In performance, we have the enactment of Will Self's comment that this song ' demonstrates Cave's ability to ironise, then re- ironise again, engendering a dizzying vortex as received values are sucked down the pointed plughole'.28 For  ...
Karoline Gritzner, 2010
5
Reading the Graphic Surface: The Presense of the Book in ...
The bathetic outcome to the artifice here tends to devalue or ironise the above quotation, though I would suggest that the fact that the policeman demands to see what he has written and Albert obliges with the words 'Showed him piece of ...
Glyn White, 2005
6
Memory Fragments: Visualising Difference in Australian History
Swallow's objects trivialise and ironise late capitalism's strangulation of the image by invoking the dematerialised art-logo in a craft aesthetic that hails from pre-industrial cultures. By working on the forms from (post)industrial orders of ...
Marita Bullock, 2012
7
Irony in the Medieval Romance
Hartmann, at least in In/ein, can afford to ironise an irresponsible quest for adventure for its own sake because the position he ultimately wishes to defend is the ideal of a compassionate chivalry in the service of others.' He. ' This apposite  ...
Dennis Howard Green, 1979
8
Painter and Poet in Ancient Greece: Iconography and the ...
Lucien ironise a nottveau sur le mdmc sujet dans Qnornodo. 2Une telle technique humnristique est utjlisée pa: Pelzmne clans le réoit de la 'Filile d' Enoolpe i la galerle de pei.r.ttt.t-.res. 33 sq. Ettoolpe eherohe one consolation our son chagrin ...
Eva C. Keuls, 1997
9
The Narrator in Archaic Greek and Hellenistic Poetry
In several poems Theocritus makes the primary narrator prominent, while various poems play with the relationship of narrator to author, or ironise the primary narrator. The greater visibility of the primary narrator in several Theocritean poems ...
Andrew D. Morrison, 2012
10
Dialogicality and Social Representations: The Dynamics of Mind
When we ironise something, we must be able to reflect on language itself (1744/ 1968, p. 408). For example, we negate by confirmation but we demonstrate that we are not serious by other means of communication, i.e. tone of voice, accent ...
Ivana Marková, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRONISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ironise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Zone euro: de la tragédie grecque au psychodrame européen
Mais il pleut. Qu'avons-nous de mieux à faire un dimanche ? » ironise un diplomate, alors que va commencer la 8e réunion de ce type en un ... «Telquel.ma, Jul 15»
2
Why Athena was more than just a naff purveyor of mild erotica
Its very name – Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom – suggests its idealistic side. Why do we so insistently ironise the recent past? «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
iPhone 6S : premières photos, premières déceptions ?
Sur Twitter, un bloggeur spécialisé en nouvelles technologie ironise (voir ci-dessous) : "Dîtes bonjour à la copie quasi conforme de l'iPhone 6 ! «Linternaute.com, Jul 15»
4
Ce jeune homme a les cheveux coiffés en.... ananas !
D'autant plus que celui-ci ironise sur Reddit en nous avouant que sa performance lors de la course était bien plus mauvaise que celle de sa ... «Masculin.com, Jun 15»
5
C'est sur scène que des jeunes de Jabal Mohsen et Bab el-Tebbané …
C'est notre bonne éducation à nous », ironise-t-il. Il est ravi d'avoir participé à cette expérience : « Cela a changé ma vision des choses. «L'Orient-Le Jour, Jun 15»
6
Laurence Bret-Stern, la force du réseau
J'étais la seule fille de moins de 25 ans - avec Delphine Ernotte, dont je partageais le bureau. Cela rend visible… , ironise-t-elle. J'ai surtout eu ... «Madame Figaro, Jun 15»
7
Vraiment, la Suisse au Conseil de sécurité?
François Nordmann ironise sur cet objectif certes louable, mais au potentiel de gloire très limité. Notre pays, qui il y a trois ans critiquait le ... «Le Temps, Jun 15»
8
The Curiosities, by Christopher Reid - Book review: Carefully crafted …
Undertones of loneliness and reluctant reserve ironise Reid's jauntiness. The deft punchline of “The Catapult” pins down the satisfactions and ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
9
Les syndics en campagne pour persuader les indécis
«Ils auraient carrément pu proposer Villaz-Saint-Pierre comme nom», ironise Fabrice Cotting, président de la Jeunesse de Middes. «lagruyere.ch, May 15»
10
Foot - ANG - Arsenal - Giroud répond à Henry
«J'avais oui dire qu'il sortait un peu trop de banalités… Là, il a sorti une vraie bombe. Ca a fait son effet…», ironise notamment l'international ... «L'Équipe.fr, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ironise [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ironise>. Apr 2024 ».
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