Meanings
verbcompartmentalise (third-person singular simple present compartmentalises, present participle compartmentalising, simple past and past participle compartmentalised)
present singular third person compartmentalises · participle present compartmentalising · participle past compartmentalised · past compartmentalised
- Non-Oxford British standard spelling of compartmentalize.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbseparate into isolated compartments or categories
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincom-
- Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
- Proto-Italic*partis
- Latinpars
- Latinpartiō
- Latinpartior
- Latincompartīrī
- Italiancompartire
- Italiancompartimento
- Middle Frenchcompartiment
- Englishcompartment
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcompartmental
- Englishcompartmentalise
From compartmental + -ise.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
compartmentalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmentalise
MLA
“compartmentalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmentalise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compartmentalise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmentalise.
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