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serialize

American  
[seer-ee-uh-lahyz] / ˈsɪər i əˌlaɪz /
especially British, serialise

verb (used with object)

serialized, serializing
  1. to publish in serial form.

  2. to broadcast, televise, or film in serial form.


serialize British  
/ ˈsɪərɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to publish or present in the form of a serial

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of serialize

First recorded in 1890–95; serial + -ize

Example Sentences

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In 1967, a few months after the notable African-American writer Samuel Delany won a Nebula Award, he wrote to Analog magazine, seeking to serialize a daring, experimental space opera he had written, called “Nova.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

The idea is that for certain sensitive actions, the CPU will serialize those instructions to make certain that they run in order.

From The Verge • Jan. 6, 2018

He wants to bring Hazel back to the big city, where he plans to serialize her story for his daily rag, The Morning Star.

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 9, 2012

I remember when the New Yorker magazine, run out of things to say about the show, began to serialize James Joyce’s “Ulysses” in the space usually reserved for brief reviews of current shows.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2010

Some of them with great travail wrote, like the rest, the sort of trash that the newspapers serialize.

From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Cannan, Gilbert

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