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compartmentalise

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Word parts

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compartmental + -ise

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA (key): /kɒmpɑː(r)tˈmɛnt(ə)laɪz/
  • (US) IPA (key): /kəmˌpɑrtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/ or /kəmpɑrtˈmɛntl̩ˌaɪz/
  • Hyphenation: com‧part‧men‧tal‧ise

Verb

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Plain form
compartmentalise

Third-person singular
compartmentalises

Past tense
compartmentalised

Past participle
compartmentalised

Present participle
compartmentalising

  1. If you compartmentalise a group of things, you separate it into different compartments.