initialize

1. (British, English, Oxford, US)To assign initial values to something.

   initialisieren

   инициализи́роватьinicializírovatʹ

   ініціалізува́тиinicializuváty

   assign an initial value to a computer program

2. (British, English, Oxford, US)To assign an initial value to a variable.

   initialisieren

   инициализи́роватьinicializírovatʹ

   ініціалізува́тиinicializuváty

3. (British, English, Oxford, US)To format a storage medium prior to use.

   initialisieren

   инициализи́роватьinicializírovatʹ

   ініціалізува́тиinicializuváty

4. (British, English, Oxford, US)To prepare any hardware (such as a printer or scanner) for use.

   initialisieren

   настра́иватьnastráivatʹ, настро́итьnastróitʹ

5. (British, English, Oxford, US, dated)To reduce (a phrase) to an initialism, or a word to its initial.

1. Before you can use them, you first need to initialize the variables.

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2. Don't worry, the game takes a while to initialize when you run it for the first time.

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3. She likes to undertake a fresh challenge, to “initialize my life every seven, eight years,” Kuno said.

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