Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to subitize
Participle: subitized
Gerund: subitizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | subitize |
| you | subitize |
| he;she;it | subitizes |
| we | subitize |
| you | subitize |
| they | subitize |
Perfect
| I | have subitized |
| you | have subitized |
| he;she;it | has subitized |
| we | have subitized |
| you | have subitized |
| they | have subitized |
Past
| I | subitized |
| you | subitized |
| he;she;it | subitized |
| we | subitized |
| you | subitized |
| they | subitized |
Pluperfect
| I | had subitized |
| you | had subitized |
| he;she;it | had subitized |
| we | had subitized |
| you | had subitized |
| they | had subitized |
Future
| I | will subitize |
| you | will subitize |
| he;she;it | will subitize |
| we | will subitize |
| you | will subitize |
| they | will subitize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have subitized |
| you | will have subitized |
| he;she;it | will have subitized |
| we | will have subitized |
| you | will have subitized |
| they | will have subitized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | subitize |
| you | subitize |
| he;she;it | subitize |
| we | subitize |
| you | subitize |
| they | subitize |
Perfect
| I | have subitized |
| you | have subitized |
| he;she;it | have subitized |
| we | have subitized |
| you | have subitized |
| they | have subitized |
Imperfect
| I | subitized |
| you | subitized |
| he;she;it | subitized |
| we | subitized |
| you | subitized |
| they | subitized |
Pluperfect
| I | had subitized |
| you | had subitized |
| he;she;it | had subitized |
| we | had subitized |
| you | had subitized |
| they | had subitized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would subitize |
| you | would subitize |
| he;she;it | would subitize |
| we | would subitize |
| you | would subitize |
| they | would subitize |
Perfect
| I | would have subitized |
| you | would have subitized |
| he;she;it | would have subitized |
| we | would have subitized |
| you | would have subitized |
| they | would have subitized |
Imperative
| you | subitize |
| we | Let's subitize |
| you | subitize |
Verbs conjugated like 'subitize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'subitize'
subitise,
albitize,
sanitize,
sorbitize,
suberize,
sublimize,
subsidize,
subtilize,
sunnitize,
unitize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin subitus (“sudden; unexpected”) + -ize, from the feeling of immediate knowledge.
Sample Sentences
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Previous researchers have noted a similarity between the set sizes that adults can estimate rapidly, or subitize, and the set sizes that infants can discriminate: both are less than five items. This similarity has led some to suggest that subitizing is […] [2002, Kelly S. Mix, Janellen Huttenlocher, Susan Cohen Levine, Quantitative Development in Infancy and Early Childhood, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47:]
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When students subitize, they know how many because the arrangement is familiar and/or friendly. While recent information about the benefits of teaching subitizing has surfaced (Clements, 1999), early use of the term appeared more than […] [2016, Jennifer Taylor-Cox, Math Intervention P–2: Building Number Power with Formative Assessments, Differentiation, and Games, Grades PreK–2, Routledge, →ISBN, page 52:]