anonymize
verb /əˈnɒnɪmaɪz/
/əˈnɑːnɪmaɪz/
(British English also anonymise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they anonymize | /əˈnɒnɪmaɪz/ /əˈnɑːnɪmaɪz/ |
| he / she / it anonymizes | /əˈnɒnɪmaɪzɪz/ /əˈnɑːnɪmaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple anonymized | /əˈnɒnɪmaɪzd/ /əˈnɑːnɪmaɪzd/ |
| past participle anonymized | /əˈnɒnɪmaɪzd/ /əˈnɑːnɪmaɪzd/ |
| -ing form anonymizing | /əˈnɒnɪmaɪzɪŋ/ /əˈnɑːnɪmaɪzɪŋ/ |
- anonymize something (specialist) if you anonymize a test result, especially a medical test result, you remove any information that shows who it belongs to
- anonymize something (computing) if you anonymize data that is sent or received over the internet, you remove any information that identifies which particular computer that data originally came fromTopics Phones, email and the internetc2
Word Origin1970s: from anonymous + -ize.