verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcolorˌized or ˈcolorˌizing
to prepare a video version of (a black-and-white film) in which color tones have been added by means of a computer program
Derived forms
colorization (ˌcoloriˈzation)
noun
colorize in American English
(ˈkʌləˌraiz)
transitive verbWord forms: -ized, -izing
to cause to appear in color; enhance with color, esp. by computer
to colorize old black-and-white movies for television
Alsoesp Britcolorise
Derived forms
colorization
noun
Word origin
[color + -ize]-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)
Examples of 'colorize' in a sentence
colorize
The multiple regression analysis test showed that the positive and colorize modes more accurately corresponded to the actual file length.
Vaiyapuri Ravi, Priyadarshini Lipee, Canagapalli Venkat Nakabushan Rao, LakshminarayananLakshmikanthan 2012, 'Direct digital radiography versus conventional radiography - assessment of visibilityof file length placed in the root canal: An in vitro study', Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Scienceshttp://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2012;volume=4;issue=6;spage=285;epage=289;aulast=Ravi. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)