"columnize" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "column + -ize",
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  "etymology_text": "From column + -ize.",
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    {
      "form": "columnizes",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "columnizing",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "columnized",
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    {
      "form": "columnized",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "decolumnize"
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          "ref": "2001, Stephen L. Nelson, Julia Kelly, Office XP: the complete reference:",
          "text": "You can columnize an entire document, everything past the position of the cursor, an entire section, or selected text.",
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        }
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        "To format (writing or data) as a series of columns."
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        [
          "format",
          "format"
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        [
          "column",
          "column"
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        "(transitive) To format (writing or data) as a series of columns."
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        "transitive"
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  "word": "columnize"
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      "expansion": "column + -ize",
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  "etymology_text": "From column + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "columnizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "columnizing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "columnized",
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        }
      ],
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        "To format (writing or data) as a series of columns."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To format (writing or data) as a series of columns."
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