"functionalize" meaning in English

See functionalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-functionalize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: functionalizes [present, singular, third-person], functionalizing [participle, present], functionalized [participle, past], functionalized [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English functional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English functionalize From functional + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|functional|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. 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Head templates: {{en-verb}} functionalize (third-person singular simple present functionalizes, present participle functionalizing, simple past and past participle functionalized)
  1. (transitive) To provide (something) with a function. Tags: transitive
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  2. (transitive, organic chemistry) To add a functional group to (a compound). Tags: transitive
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  3. (transitive, programming) To adapt into a form that uses functional programming. Tags: transitive
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