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initializes

initializes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of initialize.

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.

Questions about initializes

What is initializes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Initializes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of initialize.

Words near initializes in the dictionary

  1. initializations
  2. initialize
  3. initialized
  4. initializer
  5. initializers
  6. initializes
  7. initializing
  8. initialled
  9. initialler
  10. initiallers
  11. initialling

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