initialize

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

initialise

format

start

initiate

initiative

onset

boot

👢

INIT

inception

initialization

Translations

initialisieren

inicializar

initialiser

initialiseren

αρχικοποιώ

inizializzare

iniciar

inicializar

formattare

iniciar

inciar

ilk değer atama

Etymology

From initial + -ize.