Meanings
verbcolumnize (third-person singular simple present columnizes, present participle columnizing, simple past and past participle columnized)
present singular third person columnizes · participle present columnizing · participle past columnized · past columnized
- transitiveTo format (writing or data) as a series of columns.
You can columnize an entire document, everything past the position of the cursor, an entire section, or selected text.
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columnize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/columnize
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“columnize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/columnize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “columnize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/columnize.
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