modularize

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verb

To make modular.

OriginEnglish modular ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← French module →
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Meanings

verbmodularize (third-person singular simple present modularizes, present participle modularizing, simple past and past participle modularized)

present singular third person modularizes · participle present modularizing · participle past modularized · past modularized · alternative modularise

  1. transitiveTo make modular.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  3. Proto-Italic*medos
  4. Latinmodus
  5. Latinmodulu
  6. Frenchmodule
  7. Englishmodule
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishmodular
  11. Englishmodularize

From modular + -ize.

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Translations

French modulariser
  • modulariserTranslations
German modularisieren
  • modularisierenTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

modularize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modularize

MLA

“modularize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modularize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “modularize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/modularize.

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