Initialize

Definition: Initialize

Initialize

Verb

1. Assign an initial value to a compute program.

2. Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!".

Synonyms: Initialize

Synonyms: format (v), initialise (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Initialize

Specialty definitions using "initialize": before data entry. (references)

"Initialize" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Initialize" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)	50%	4	175,879
Noun (proper)	50%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	8	N/A

Expression using "initialize": to initialize. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "initialize": re-initialize.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "initialize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Inicializoj, Shfaq Iniciativën. (various references)

Arabic		‏إستهل (begin, commence, institute, launch, lead off, open, preface, set, start, strike up), ‏بدأ (begin, begin on smth., commence, fall to, incept, initiate, institute, launch, lead, lead off, proceed, set, set about, set in, start, start off, tackle, take, take in, tee). (various references)

Bulgarian		Означавам С Инициали. (various references)

Chinese		初始化 (initialisation, initialise, initialization). (various references)

Czech		Zahájit (begin, commence, go off, handsel, inaugurate, initiate, introduce, launch, lead off, preface, start). (various references)

Danish		initialisere (to initialize). (various references)

Dutch		initialiseren (to initialize). (various references)

Finnish		initialisoida (to initialize), alustaa (knead, mix, outline). (various references)

French		initialiser (to initialise, to initialize). (various references)

German		Initialisieren (to initialize). (various references)

Hebrew		ּתחל. (various references)

Hungarian		Szignál (to o.k.), Kézjegyével Ellát (to initial). (various references)

Italian		Inizializzare (initialise). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		イディッシュ語 (catnip, id, ideologue, ideology, initial, initials, initiation, initiative, initiator, inning, Yiddish). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		イニシャライズ . (various references)

Korean		초기화하십시요 (initialise). (various references)

Pig Latin		initializeay.(various references)

Portuguese		inicializar. (various references)

Russian		Инициализировать, Инициировать, инициализировать (initialize with, preset). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		inicijalizovati. (various references)

Spanish		iniciar (initiate, start), Inicializar (set up). (various references)

Swedish		inviga (consecrate, inaugurate). (various references)

Turkish		Parafe Etmek, Baş Harflerini Yazmak. (various references)

Ukrainian		ініціалізувати. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "initialize": initialized, initializes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Initialize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iniatialize, inicialize, initialice, initialise, initializ, initializer. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-i-i-l-n-t-z"
	-2 letters: latinize.
	-3 letters: initial.
	-4 letters: entail, tenail, tineal, zeatin.
	-5 letters: alien, aline, anile, azine, elain, elint, entia, inlet, laten, leant, liane, litai, telia, tenia, tinea.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-i-i-l-n-t-z"
	+1 letter: initialized, initializes.
	+4 letters: demilitarizing, editorializing, legitimatizing, legitimization, remilitarizing.
	+5 letters: epithelializing, immaterializing, legitimizations.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
initialize	20	audio driver failed initialize nvidia	3
failed to initialize winsock	12	again audio driver failed initialize install nvidia please try	3
attribute context context initialize query redirector security unable	10	initialize insufficient memory window	3
failed in initialize snap	9	initialize nvqtwk,nvcpldaemon rundll32.exe	3
initialize interface socket unable window	5	initialize socket unable window	3
did initialize not plugin properly	5	binding cannot data initialize	3
application failed initialize properly	5	array initialize java	2
0 code error initialize interface socket unable window	5	database engine file initialize scanning unable virus	2
0xc0000142 application failed initialize properly	4	0x0000022 error initialize	2
0xc0000005 application failed initialize properly	4	initialize variable	2
failed initialize player tv video	4	cannot context initialize render	2
box failed initialize v	4	ati control failed initialize panel	2
aspi initialize manager unable	4	application failed initialize	2
account allocator failed identifier initialize properly	3	2108 attempting borland database engine error error initialize occurred while	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Initialize

Definition: Initialize

Initialize

Verb

Synonyms: Initialize

Crosswords: Initialize

Usage Frequency: Initialize

Expression: Initialize

Frequency of Internet Expressions: Initialize

Modern Translation: Initialize

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Anagrams: Initialize

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