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.

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serialize British  

/ ˈsɪərɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• serialization
  noun
• unserialized
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of serialize

First recorded in 1890–95; serial + -ize

Example Sentences

Even the plays’ length is turned to good effect in a format that allows you to serialize the experience.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021

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

"If we weren't doing that, for certain we would want to serialize this, right? We would want to build over time until such a point where things started to really gel."

From The Verge • Mar. 15, 2016

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

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