serialise
Definition
Verb: 1. To arrange or present in a series: To put items, data, or events into a specific sequential order. 2. To publish or broadcast in installments: To present a story, program, or other work in successive parts over a period of time.
Usage
The verb "serialise" describes the action of organizing things into a sequence or of releasing a single work in multiple parts. It is commonly used in computing, publishing, and media contexts.
Examples
- Computing/Data: "The program needs to serialise the data before transmitting it over the network."
- Publishing: "The magazine decided to serialise the novel over six monthly issues."
- Media: "The popular podcast will serialise the investigative report across its next five episodes."
Advanced Usage
- "to be serialised" (passive voice): Describes something that has been formatted into a series or released in parts.
- The author's memoirs were serialised in a national newspaper before being published as a book.
Variants and Related Words
- Serialization (noun): The process or result of serialising something.
- The serialization of the data is complete.
- Serial (adjective/noun): Existing or occurring in a series; a story or program published/broadcast in installments.
- A serial publication; a television serial.
- Series (noun): A number of things, events, or people of a similar kind or related nature coming one after another.
- A series of lectures.
Synonyms
- Sequence (verb): To arrange in a particular order.
- Publish in installments: To release parts of a work gradually.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.)
Related Idioms
(There are no common idioms specifically using the verb "serialise.")
Verb
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arrange serially
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Serialize the numbers
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