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to beautify

to beautify

6.5
To change the format of computer code to make it easier to read
  • verb
  • /ˈbjuːtəˌfaɪ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : formatear
  • He recommended a plugin that will beautify the HTML and CSS files for better readability.

Examples

  • Beautifying the Internet one step at a time.

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  • The software can beautify your code automatically, making it easier to read.

  • Many developers use tools that beautify their source code to maintain a consistent style.

Synonyms

to spiff
vsto beautify
  • Informal
3 8.0

To make something look neater and more attractive with small changes

focuses on automated structural style for code not small cosmetic fixes
to reformat
vsto beautify
  • Specialized
3 3.6

To change the way a file is stored or arranged

is an automated code-specific style change rather than any format change
to neaten
vsto beautify
1 3.7

To make something tidy by arranging things in order

is a programmatic code styling process not general physical tidying
to prettify
vsto beautify
  • Specialized
6.7

Make code or data easier to read by adding spaces and new lines

is automatic and focuses on consistent style for readable code

Antonyms

8.5

Make something look bad and spoil its appearance

How Readable

to beautify
  • Specialized
6.5
to reformat
  • Specialized
3 3.6
to format
13 3.6

Surface Forms

beautify infinitive
beautified past
beautified past participle
beautifying present participle
beautifies third person singular

Morphology

beautify = beauty (semi-transparent) = beauty + ify

Morphologically transparent as 'make beautiful', but the computing sense is a domain-specific metaphor ('make code more beautiful/readable'), which may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Beautify comes from beauty plus the ending -fy, which means 'to make', like in simplify. So in computing to beautify code is to 'make' it prettier and easier to read.