Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense serializes, present participle serializing, past tense, past participle serializedregional note: in BRIT, also use serialise
verb [usually passive]
If a book is serialized, it is broadcast on the radio or television or is published in a magazine or newspaper in a number of parts over a period of time.
A few years ago Tom Brown's Schooldays was serialised on television. [beVERB-ed]
serialize in British English
or serialise (ˈsɪərɪəˌlaɪz)
verb
(transitive)
to publish or present in the form of a serial
Derived forms
serialization (ˌserialiˈzation) or serialisation (ˌserialiˈsation)
noun
serialize in American English
(ˈsɪriəlˌaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈserialˌized or ˈserialˌizing
to put or publish (a story , etc.) in serial form
Derived forms
serialization (ˌserialiˈzation)
noun
In other languages
serialize
British English: serialize VERB
If a book is serialized, it is broadcast on the radio or television or is published in a magazine or newspaper in a number of parts over a period of time.
Attention was first drawn to the book when a condensed version was serialized in the newspaper.
American English: serialize
Brazilian Portuguese: publicar em folhetim
Chinese: 连载
European Spanish: publicar {or} televisar por entregas
French: adapter en feuilleton
German: in Fortsetzungen senden
Italian: adattare per la televisione a puntate {or} pubblicare a puntate
Japanese: 連載する
Korean: 연재되다
European Portuguese: publicar em folhetim
Latin American Spanish: publicar {or} televisar por entregas