Meanings
present singular third person templatizes · participle present templatizing · participle past templatized · past templatized · alternative UK templatise
- especiallytransitivecomputingTo convert into a template or to represent by means of a template, for purposes of genericizing, automating, tracking, etc.
For our final look at metaprogramming, we templatize matrix multiplication.
2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems4 more examples
To ensure a professional-looking product and fewer hassles, take the first step and 'templatize' your pattern pieces.
1979 November 12, Kathy Faryon, “Patchwork Quilting”, in Edmonton Journal, →ISSN, page B6We must templatize the engine with the base types of the two arguments (left-hand side and right-hand side).
2001, Andrei Alexandrescu, Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns AppliedThis makes it trivial to templatize your application; changes to the new generic base form automatically cascade to the derived classes at the next build.
2004, Chris Sells, Justin Gehtland, Windows Forms programming in Visual Basic.NETAn iterator is a generalization of a pointer and we could templatize the code to work off any iterator.
2008, Mark S Joshi, C++ Design Patterns and Derivatives Pricing
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templatize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/templatize
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