Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

camelize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: camelize
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To change a variable or object name that consists of several words into camel case.

verb

To make or become a camel or camel-like.

Example Sentences

"We may use a camelized form to improve readability. You can use also underscore in between words if you want the identifier separated."
"Slowly the horses grow more horse-like, the shadowy camel begins to camelize himself, the buffaloes acquire the rudiments of horns, the deer branch out by tentative steps into still more complicated and more complicated antlers."
"A camel has been facetiously described as a horse designed by a committee. Do not "camelize" your proposal."
"Apart from making monkeys out of us, NYSC attempted to camelize us. It may be because they discovered only a few like that round beautiful lady were born with tails, they fabricated a camel-simulating programme […]"

Etymology

From camel + -ize.

Inflected Forms

camelizes (present, singular) camelizing (participle, present) camelized (participle, past) camelized (past)

Questions

What does camelize mean?: To change a variable or object name that consists of several words into camel case.
Where does camelize come from?: From camel + -ize.

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