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functionalise

functionalise is the alternative form of functionalize.

Meaning of functionalize

Verb

functionalize (third-person singular simple present functionalizes, present participle functionalizing, simple past and past participle functionalized)

  1. (transitive) To provide (something) with a function.
  2. (transitive) To add a functional group to (a compound).
  3. (transitive) To adapt into a form that uses functional programming.

Forms of functionalise

third-person singular presentfunctionalises
present participlefunctionalising
past participlefunctionalised
pastfunctionalised

Origin of functionalise

From functional + -ise.

Words formed from functionalise

Questions about functionalise

What is functionalise the alternative form of?
Functionalise is the alternative form of functionalize.

Words near functionalise in the dictionary

  1. functional waters
  2. functional work
  3. functional works
  4. functionalisation
  5. functionalisations
  6. functionalise
  7. functionalised
  8. functionalises
  9. functionalising
  10. functionalism
  11. functionalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: functionalise (page history and authors); functionalize (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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