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canonicalize

canonicalize verb: to convert (data) into canonical form.

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 canonicalize

third-person singular presentcanonicalizes
present participlecanonicalizing
past participlecanonicalized
pastcanonicalized
alternative formcanonicalise

Origin of canonicalize

From canonical + -ize.

Words formed from canonicalize

Questions about canonicalize

What does canonicalize mean?
Canonicalize means to convert (data) into canonical form.
What part of speech is canonicalize?
Canonicalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of canonicalize?
The past tense of canonicalize is canonicalized.

Words near canonicalize in the dictionary

  1. canonicalises
  2. canonicalising
  3. canonicality
  4. canonicalization
  5. canonicalizations
  6. canonicalize
  7. canonicalized
  8. canonicalizes
  9. canonicalizing
  10. canonicall
  11. canonically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 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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