initialize
About 0.82 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To assign initial values to something.
- verb To assign an initial value to a variable.
- verb To format a storage medium prior to use.
- verb To prepare any hardware (such as a printer or scanner) for use.
- verb To reduce (a phrase) to an initialism, or a word to its initial.
Similar words
format bootstrapping bootup init initialisation procedure initiate startup starting start
Often followed by
the a it and an variables all method event
Word family
initialization initializations initialized initializes initializing
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