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to localize

to localize

23 4.8
To keep something within one area so it does not spread
  • verb
  • /ˈloʊkəˌlaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : confinar a
  • Yes, yes, but with the hairdryers, we can localize the heat distribution.
  • highly localized
  • very localized
  • geographically localized

Examples

  • To keep it localized to the combat area.

    The Terror Experiment (2010)

  • Our members and leaders come together in small, localized storytelling circles.

    Academic text (2012)

  • It's also about localizing the heat to where it's useful to you.

  • Military operations were finite in duration and localized in their employment.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Could be an allergic reaction or some kind of localized infection.

    Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

  • Where the pest population is highly localized and closed to immigration, lethal control may be the best solution.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Our nation's size and diversity make understandings of diversity a localized, evolving task.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Lacunar amnesia is a condition in which memory loss is localized and patchy.

    While You Were Sleeping (1995)

  • There's edema and localized swelling In the section of the temporal lobe That controls short-Term memory.

    The Cabin Movie (2005)

  • The technician was able to localize the problem to a specific area of the circuit board.

Synonyms

to confine to
vsto localize
106 4.8

To keep something within set limits, for example in a room or a topic

restricts specifically to a particular place or small area

Antonyms

to disperse
104 4.4

To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area

to generalize
  • US
41 4.2

To form a general idea from one or a few examples

How Confined

to isolate
256 4.2
to localize
  • US
23 4.8
to restrict
361 3.1
to limit
∞ 2.1
to spread
664 1.6

Surface Forms

localize infinitive
localise infinitive
localized past
localised past
localized past participle
localised past participle
localizing present participle
localising present participle
localizes third person singular
localises third person singular

Morphology

localize = local (transparent) = local + ize

The verb is a regular formation 'local' + '-ize' meaning 'make or render local', which directly yields 'restrict to an area'.

Etymology

Localize comes from local, which comes from the Latin locus meaning 'place', and the ending -ize meaning 'make' or 'cause'. So to localize something is to 'make it local' or keep it in one place, like stopping a fire or infection from spreading.