Word.ws English Dictionary

preinitialize

preinitialize verb: to preprepare (a data structure, etc.) so that it is ready to be initialized.

Verb

preinitialize (third-person singular simple present preinitializes, present participle preinitializing, simple past and past participle preinitialized)

  1. (transitive) To preprepare (a data structure, etc.) so that it is ready to be initialized.

Forms of preinitialize

third-person singular presentpreinitializes
present participlepreinitializing
past participlepreinitialized
pastpreinitialized

Origin of preinitialize

From pre- + initialize.

Questions about preinitialize

What does preinitialize mean?
Preinitialize means to preprepare (a data structure, etc.) so that it is ready to be initialized.
What part of speech is preinitialize?
Preinitialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of preinitialize?
The past tense of preinitialize is preinitialized.

Words near preinitialize in the dictionary

  1. preingestive
  2. preinhabitant
  3. preinhabitants
  4. preinitial
  5. preinitialization
  6. preinitialize
  7. preinitialized
  8. preinitializes
  9. preinitializing
  10. preinitials
  11. preinitiated

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: preinitialize (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “preinitialize.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/preinitialize. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.