Decoding exercises: "ise"
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The sequence "ise" can be pronounced in several ways, normally /aɪz/.
Contents
As /ɪs/[edit]
- anise - practiseBrE (v.) - premise - promise
As /aɪs/[edit]
- concise - paradise - precise
As /iːz/[edit]
- expertise - marquise - reprise
As /aɪz/[edit]
- Ending in "ise": advertise - advise - arise - chastise - comprise - compromise - demise - despise - devise - disguise - enterprise - excise - exercise - franchise - improvise - incise - otherwise - revise - rise - supervise - surprise - wise
With alternate spelling "ize"[edit]
Many words that use the suffix -ise or that in Latin ended in "izare" in British English can end either in "ise" or in "ize". Those verbs in American English can end only in "ize".
- apologiseBrE - apologize; characteriseBrE - characterize; criticiseBrE - criticize; emphasiseBrE - emphasize; familiariseBrE - familiarize; generalizeBrE - generalize; materialiseBrE - materialize; realiseBrE - realize; recogniseBrE - recognize; specialiseBrE - specialize; summariseBrE - summarize;
Variant pronunciations[edit]
- As /aɪs/ or /aɪz/: merchandise (n.)
- As /ɪs/ or /ɪz/: treatise
- As /ɪs/ or /aɪz/: advertisement /ədˈvɜːrtɪsmənt,BrE ædvərˈtaɪzməntAmE/
Different syllables[edit]
- /aɪˈse/ bisexual
- /aɪ.siː/ crises (plural of crisis)
- /aɪ.zə/: miser
- /i:ˈse, əˈse/ antiseptic
- /ɪs.ɪ/: disembark
- /ɪz.ə/: arisen - chisel - commiserate - miserable - misery - risen
- /ɪˈziː/: disease
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