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casualize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree English casual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English casualize From casual + -ize.

Meanings

  1. To become, or cause to become, casual; to become regarded casually
    • We are concerned about the spread of casualized racism.
  2. (UK) To convert from regular to casual labor
    • Many of the workers have been casualized during the recent downturn.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
casualized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
casualized Tense=Past lexicographic
casualise alternative lexicographic
casualizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
casualizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (1)

fr casualiser (Translations)