Word: metricized
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: me
tri
cized
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of metricize; convert from a non-metric to the metric system
Morphemes:
Affix: meter
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To measure with a metering device.
Affix: -ic
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -icus
Language: la
Decoded: -icus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: belonging to
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.