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💻 To run together 📏 To make parallel
to parallelize

to parallelize

7.5
To place things so they lie side by side and run in the same direction
  • verb
  • /ˈpærəˌlɛlaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : paralelizar
  • To improve the layout of the room, she plans to parallelize the furniture along the walls.

Examples

  • During the renovations, they chose to parallelize the shelves for better organization of the books.

  • The architect decided to parallelize the walls in the new design to create a modern look.

  • Now for each passage you, you parallelize again.

  • Now for each passage you, you parallelize again.

Synonyms

to align
vsto parallelize
89 3.5

To put things in a straight line or in the correct position

focuses on equal spacing and identical direction rather than general positioning
to parallel
vsto parallelize
7 4.8

To place something so it runs the same direction and stays the same distance from another

arrange things to keep equal distance and the same direction
to collocate
vsto parallelize
7.4

To put things next to each other in a certain order

focuses on matching direction and equal distance not just adjacency

How Parallel

to parallelize
  • US
7.5
to align
89 3.5
to misalign
4 6.7
to skew
9 4.8

Surface Forms

parallelize infinitive
parallelized past
parallelized past participle
parallelizing present participle
parallelizes third person singular

Morphology

parallelize = parallel (transparent) = parallel + ize

A straightforward adjectival-to-verb formation: 'parallel' + '-ize' meaning 'make or render parallel'.

Etymology

Parallelize comes from parallel ('side by side') and the ending -ize ('make'), so it literally means 'make side by side', like setting two railway tracks to run next to each other. That's why to parallelize objects is to arrange or place them so they are parallel to each other.