initialize

Other forms of initialize

past tense

initialized·

present participle

initializing·

third person

initializes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about initialize

What does initialize mean?

initialize means "assign an initial value to a computer program". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in initialize?

initialize has 4 syllables: in-it-ia-lize. The stress falls on "it". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈnɪʃəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for initialize?

Close synonyms include initialise, format, initialise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is initialize a common word?

initialize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with initialize?

83 words rhyme with initialize. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.