compartmentalise

Other spellings

• (US) compartmentalize

Word parts

compartmental + -ise

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.