Annualizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To calculate or convert a figure to represent an entire year ; to express in terms of yearly rates or amounts ; to project data yearly based on shorter periods of measurement
2. To transform a value so it corresponds to a full year ; to restate figures in annual terms ; to estimate yearly totals from shorter intervals
3. To adjust or extrapolate statistics to cover a twelve-month period ; to render information as yearly equivalents ; to convert periodic data into an annual format

Etymology: This is an inflected form, so the account is brief. "Annualizes" is the third-person singular present of "annualize," which is built from "annual" and the suffix "-ize." The base word traces back through Middle English "annuel," borrowed from Old French "anuel," and ultimately from Latin "annuālis," meaning "yearly," itself rooted in Latin "annus," "year." The suffix "-ize" arrived in English through Middle French "-iser" and Late Latin "-izāre," which were in turn borrowed from Ancient Greek "-ízein." It is the same ending found in verbs like "organize" and "realize," so "annualize" simply means to make something annual, or to express it on a yearly basis.

Synonyms: yearly converts, annualizes, calculates annually, rates annually, projects yearly

Antonyms: monthly converts, daily converts, quarterly converts, ignores annualization, deannualizes