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serialized

serialized is the simple past and past participle of serialize.

Meaning of serialize

Verb

serialize (third-person singular simple present serializes, present participle serializing, simple past and past participle serialized)

  1. (transitive) To write a television program, novel, or other form of entertainment as a sequence of shorter works with a common story.
  2. (transitive) To publish (a book, play, etc.) in regular instalments, e.g. in a magazine.
  3. (transitive) To convert an object into a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.

Adjective

serialized (comparative more serialized, superlative most serialized)

  1. Of a television series whose episodes are strongly connected and are intended to be watched in a linear sequence (as opposed to procedural or episodic).

Forms of serialized

comparativemore serialized
superlativemost serialized

Words formed from serialized

Questions about serialized

What does serialized mean?
Serialized means of a television series whose episodes are strongly connected and are intended to be watched in a linear sequence (as opposed to procedural or episodic).
What is serialized the simple past and past participle of?
Serialized is the simple past and past participle of serialize.
What part of speech is serialized?
Serialized is an adjective.

Words near serialized in the dictionary

  1. serializability
  2. serializable
  3. serialization
  4. serializations
  5. serialize
  6. serialized
  7. serializer
  8. serializers
  9. serializes
  10. serializing
  11. serialled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: serialized (page history and authors); serialize (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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