"prettify" meaning in English

See prettify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹɪtɪfʌɪ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-prettify.wav Forms: prettifies [present, singular, third-person], prettifying [participle, present], prettified [participle, past], prettified [past]
Etymology: From pretty + -fy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pretty|fy}} pretty + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} prettify (third-person singular simple present prettifies, present participle prettifying, simple past and past participle prettified)
  1. To make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way.
    Sense id: en-prettify-en-verb-QrQ1opU1 Categories (other): Appearance Disambiguation of Appearance: 54 46
  2. (programming) Synonym of pretty-print. Synonyms: beautify, pretty-print [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-prettify-en-verb-pCK5HbcV Categories (other): Programming, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Appearance Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fy: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Appearance: 54 46 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (make pretty or prettier): разкрасявам (razkrasjavam) (Bulgarian), 美化 (měihuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 修飾 /修饰 (xiūshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 裝飾 /装饰 (zhuāngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 點綴 /点缀 (diǎnzhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 粉飾 /粉饰 (fěnshì) (Chinese Mandarin), kaunistaa (Finnish), kaunistella (Finnish), enjoliver (French), ωραιοποιώεξωραΐζω (oraiopoió) (Greek), abbellire (Italian), embellecer (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'make pretty or prettier': 55 45

Inflected forms

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