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INITIALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they initialize ... he / she / it initializes
Past simple: initialized
Past participle: initialized
-ing form: initializing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data
Example:
Please format this disk before entering data!
Synonyms:
format; initialise; initialize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "initialize" is one way to...):
carve up; dissever; divide; separate; split; split up (separate into parts or portions)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
initialization ((computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Assign an initial value to a computer program
Synonyms:
initialise; initialize
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "initialize" is one way to...):
determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
initialization ((computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position)
