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to iconize

to iconize

6.8
To make a window into a small picture on the screen while it stays open
  • verb
  • /ˈaɪkəˌnaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : minimizar
  • You can iconize the chat window to keep your desktop organized.

Examples

  • She quickly iconized all her windows before the meeting started.

  • You can iconize the application by clicking the minimize button.

  • If you iconize the program, it will stay open but out of the way.

  • I iconized the window to make more space on my desktop.

  • If you iconize the program, it will stay open but out of the way.

  • She quickly iconized all her windows before the meeting started.

  • You can iconize the chat window to keep your desktop organized.

Synonyms

to collapse
vsto iconize
48 3.5

To fold something so it takes less space

means reducing an on-screen program into a small symbol rather than folding
to minify
vsto iconize
1 8.4

To make something smaller so it uses less space or time

applies only to shrinking on-screen applications into a small symbol

Antonyms

to maximize
133 4.1

To make something as large or useful as possible

Surface Forms

iconize infinitive
iconized past
iconized past participle
iconizing present participle
iconizes third person singular

Morphology

iconize = icon (semi-transparent) = icon + ize

Form is clearly 'icon' + '-ize', but this sense is a specialized computing term ('minimize to an icon') which may not be immediately familiar to B1 learners.

Etymology

Iconize comes from icon, a small picture that represents a program or file on your screen. So to iconize a window is to turn it into that small picture, keeping it open but out of the way.