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canonicalise

canonicalise is the alternative form of canonicalize.

Meaning of canonicalize

Verb

canonicalize (third-person singular simple present canonicalizes, present participle canonicalizing, simple past and past participle canonicalized)

  1. (transitive) To convert (data) into canonical form.

Forms of canonicalise

third-person singular presentcanonicalises
present participlecanonicalising
past participlecanonicalised
pastcanonicalised

Origin of canonicalise

From canonical + -ise.

Questions about canonicalise

What is canonicalise the alternative form of?
Canonicalise is the alternative form of canonicalize.

Words near canonicalise in the dictionary

  1. canonical obedience
  2. canonical sequence
  3. canonical sequences
  4. canonicalisation
  5. canonicalisations
  6. canonicalise
  7. canonicalised
  8. canonicalises
  9. canonicalising
  10. canonicality
  11. canonicalization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canonicalise (page history and authors); canonicalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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