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PRONUNCIATION OF METATHESIZE

metathesize  [mɪˈtæθɪˌsaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METATHESIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metathesize 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 metathesize in English.

WHAT DOES METATHESIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of metathesize in the English dictionary

The definition of metathesize in the dictionary is to change or cause to change by metathesis.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO METATHESIZE

PRESENT

Present
I metathesize
you metathesize
he/she/it metathesizes
we metathesize
you metathesize
they metathesize
Present continuous
I am metathesizing
you are metathesizing
he/she/it is metathesizing
we are metathesizing
you are metathesizing
they are metathesizing
Present perfect
I have metathesized
you have metathesized
he/she/it has metathesized
we have metathesized
you have metathesized
they have metathesized
Present perfect continuous
I have been metathesizing
you have been metathesizing
he/she/it has been metathesizing
we have been metathesizing
you have been metathesizing
they have been metathesizing
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 metathesized
you metathesized
he/she/it metathesized
we metathesized
you metathesized
they metathesized
Past continuous
I was metathesizing
you were metathesizing
he/she/it was metathesizing
we were metathesizing
you were metathesizing
they were metathesizing
Past perfect
I had metathesized
you had metathesized
he/she/it had metathesized
we had metathesized
you had metathesized
they had metathesized
Past perfect continuous
I had been metathesizing
you had been metathesizing
he/she/it had been metathesizing
we had been metathesizing
you had been metathesizing
they had been metathesizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you metathesize
we let´s metathesize
you metathesize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to metathesize
Past participle
metathesized
Present Participle
metathesizing
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 METATHESIZE


criticise
ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz
criticize
ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz
ethicise
ˈeθɪˌsaɪz
ethicize
ˈɛθɪˌsaɪz
Gothicise
ˈɡɒθɪˌsaɪz
Gothicize
ˈɡɒθɪˌsaɪz
hypothesize
haɪˈpɒθɪˌsaɪz
metathesise
mɪˈtæθɪˌsaɪz
mythicise
ˈmɪθɪˌsaɪz
mythicize
ˈmɪθɪˌsaɪz
parenthesise
pəˈrɛnθɪˌsaɪz
parenthesize
pəˈrɛnθɪˌsaɪz
photosynthesise
ˌfəʊtəʊˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz
photosynthesize
ˌfəʊtəʊˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz
politicize
pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz
publicize
ˈpʌblɪˌsaɪz
romanticize
rəʊˈmæntɪˌsaɪz
synthesize
ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz
synthetise
ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz
unisize
ˈjuːnɪˌsaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METATHESIZE

metatag
metatarsal
metatarsi
metatarsus
metate
metatheoretical
metatheory
metatherian
metatheses
metathesis
metathesise
metathetic
metathetical
metathetically
metathoraces
metathoracic
metathorax
metatungstic
metavanadic
metavanadic acid

WORDS THAT END LIKE METATHESIZE

bitesize
cup size
emphasize
Euro-size
full-size
king-size
large-size
life-size
midsize
one-size
oversize
plus size
plus-size
queen-size
resize
resynthesize
shoe size
size
small-size
supersize

Synonyms and antonyms of metathesize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «metathesize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METATHESIZE

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

Translator English - Chinese

复分解
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metátesis
570 millions of speakers

English

metathesize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

metathesize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

metathesize
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

metathesize
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metathesize
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

metathesize
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métathèse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metathesize
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

metathesieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

metathesize
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

metathesize
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metathesize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

metathesize
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

metathesize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेटाथेसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metathesize
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metathesize
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metathesize
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

metathesize
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metathesize
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

metathesize
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metathesize
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metathesize
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metathesize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metathesize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METATHESIZE»

The term «metathesize» is used very little and occupies the 184.294 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METATHESIZE» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METATHESIZE»

Discover the use of metathesize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metathesize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Autosegmental Analysis of Venda Tonology
Recall that nouns allow a L to metathesize/delete even if followed by a High. Once the unassociated L has metathesized/deleted, then the initial H of the noun stem will be in the environment to undergo Meeussen's Rule. This is in fact what  ...
Farida Cassimjee, 1992
2
The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals
Whileit remains at the site, the singlecross product might metathesize several times, andso only the doublecross productwould be released intosolutionand detected.This salvages thepairwisemechanism and requires a more sophisticated ...
Robert H. Crabtree, 2011
3
Green Metathesis Chemistry: Great Challenges in Synthesis, ...
2. Ruthenium. Benzylidene-Terminated. Dendrimers. That. Metathesize. Norbornene. to. Dendrimer-Cored. Stars. by. ROMP. Only very few examples of metallodendritic carbene complexes were known, and with only four branches before our ...
Valerian Dragutan, Albert Demonceau, Ileana Dragutan, 2009
4
Synthesis of Polymers: New Structures and Methods
By using a terminal alkene as the A functionality, and an acrylate as the B moiety, it was possible to demonstrate the feasibility of this approach. In this case, the electron-poor acrylic olefin would not homo metathesize, but would metathesize ...
Dieter A. Schlüter, Craig Hawker, Junji Sakamoto, 2012
5
Handbook of Liquid Crystals, High Molecular Weight Liquid ...
Secondary metathesis is prevented by using initiators which do not metathesize internal olefins. That is, if the metallaolefin or metallacyclobutane complex is reactive enough to metathesize an internal olefin, it is generally too reactive to obtain ...
Dietrich Demus, John W. Goodby, George W. Gray, 2008
6
Koasati Grammar
If the consonant cluster is a geminate nasal, the infixation can elide the the initial member of the cluster, appear medially and nasally released, geminate the nasal , or metathesize and appear initially with a following schwa. If the consonant ...
Bel Abbey, 1991
7
Morpheme Order and Semantic Scope: Word Formation in the ...
One might expect to find cases, then, where the seriative and following inceptive metathesize similar to those in (21)—(24). However, it is the seriative and unspecified subject that metathesize instead (see ~. I have not found examples in  ...
Keren Rice, S. R. Anderson, 2006
8
Osage Grammar
First the patient and agent pronominals wa and a insert at the point of inflection ( e.g., maxi-wa-a-de [deceive-P3P-AIs-cAU]), then they metathesize. (150) mgxiawade mgxi-a-wa-de deceive-A 1 S-P3P-CAU 'I deceived them* (151) c9eawade ...
Carolyn Quintero, 2004
9
Sign Language and Linguistic Universals
If this sign occurs after a sign articulated on the ipsilateral side of the chest, such as VOLUNTEER, then it may metathesize. Metathesis is triggered by signs that make contact at high and low settings on a place as well, such as DEAF or HOME .
Wendy Sandler, Diane Lillo-Martin, 2006
10
Carbene Chemistry: From Fleeting Intermediates to Powerful ...
[51] Both would metathesize terminal and internal olefins in dichloromethane slowly (up to ~100 turnovers in 24 h). It was also shown that W(O)(CH-t-Bu)(PEt3) Cl2 could be isolated and that it would metathesize cis-2-pentene, although its ...
Guy Bertrand, 2002

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «METATHESIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term metathesize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Baltimore Orioles: Searching for some optimism
... of love run amuck, or relentless criticism of insignificant blips of failure out of fear that the little lump will metathesize into inoperable cancer. «The Baltimore Wire, Jun 15»
2
'Frankenstorm' 2012: NOAA Predicts 'Snowicane' Sandy Will Hit …
It's this path that has meteorologists predicting that the storm will merge with a variety of atmospheric conditions and metathesize into, at best, ... «iScienceTimes.com, Oct 12»

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