"parallelize" meaning in English

See parallelize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: parallelizes [present, singular, third-person], parallelizing [participle, present], parallelized [participle, past], parallelized [past]
Etymology: From parallel + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|parallel|ize}} parallel + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} parallelize (third-person singular simple present parallelizes, present participle parallelizing, simple past and past participle parallelized)
  1. To make parallel (to each other). Translations (make parallel): rinnakkaistaa (Finnish), paralléliser (French), parallelisieren (German), parallelizzare (Italian), zrównoleglić (Polish), paralelizar (Portuguese), paralelizar (Spanish), parallellisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-parallelize-en-verb-bCdUxcfX Disambiguation of 'make parallel': 64 22 14
  2. (programming) To make to execute in parallel. Categories (topical): Programming
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  3. To treat as if parallel; to draw parallels between.
    Sense id: en-parallelize-en-verb-XE7Q5a22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: parallelise

Inflected forms

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