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init

/ˈɪn.ɪt/

init is the clipping of initialization.

init is the clipping of initialize.

init is the alternative form of innit.

Meaning of initialization

Noun

initialization (countable and uncountable, plural initializations)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable) The process of preparing something to begin.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable) An act of preparing something to begin.
  3. (British, English, Oxford, US) An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable

Meaning of initialize

Verb

initialize (third-person singular simple present initializes, present participle initializing, simple past and past participle initialized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To assign initial values to something.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US) To assign an initial value to a variable.
  3. (British, English, Oxford, US) To format a storage medium prior to use.
  4. (British, English, Oxford, US) To prepare any hardware (such as a printer or scanner) for use.
  5. (British, English, Oxford, US, dated) To reduce (a phrase) to an initialism, or a word to its initial.

Forms of init

Noun
pluralinits
Verb
third-person singular presentinits
present participleiniting
past participleinited
pastinited

Origin of init

Clipping of initialize or initialization.

Phrases with init

Words that rhyme with init

Questions about init

What is init the clipping of?
Init is the clipping of initialization.
How do you pronounce init?
Init is pronounced /ˈɪn.ɪt/ (UK).

Words near init in the dictionary

  1. Inishowen
  2. inisle
  3. inisled
  4. inisles
  5. inisling
  6. init
  7. Initan
  8. Initao
  9. inited
  10. initiable
  11. initial

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: init (page history and authors); initialization (page history and authors); initialize (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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