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to globalize

to globalize

4 5.4
Make something known and used in many countries
  • verb
  • /ˈɡloʊbəlˌaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : globalizar
  • And what they then did was globalize these brands and took them round the world.
  • globalizing world
  • globalizing economy
  • globalizing markets

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Examples

  • Many tech companies aim to globalize their services to reach customers worldwide.

  • As a result, Soviet grand strategy became increasingly globalized in the post-war period.

    Academic text (1993)

  • But when the world is flat, individuals can now upload and globalize their own content globally.

  • But as the world economy globalizes further, competition from other regions in the South will become stronger.

    Academic text (2008)

  • In today's globalized economy, competition in the job market has become globalized as well.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I hypothesize that progress is global because scientific rationality is being globalized by way of secular cosmopolitanism.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The totally progressive orientation of the globalizing world will inevitably lead to social fragmentation and intellectual faddism.

    Academic text (2006)

  • An interdisciplinary, globalizing American Studies approach could help in the endeavor to demystify an essentializing art history.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The initiative seeks to globalize education by providing resources to students in various countries.

  • Efforts to globalize the brand have led to its presence in markets across continents.

Synonyms

to internationalize
vsto globalize
  • US
1 6.5

To make something involve people from many countries

reaches and involves the entire world rather than only some countries
to universalize
vsto globalize
1 7.5

To make an idea or rule apply to people everywhere

targets the whole world as a practical scope rather than abstract everywhere

Antonyms

to isolate
256 4.2

To keep someone or something apart from others

to localize
  • Specialized
9 4.2

To change software or content so people in another country can use it

How Global

to globalize
  • US
4 5.4
to regionalize
  • Formal
1 6.8
to localize
  • US
23 4.8

Surface Forms

globalize infinitive
globalized past
globalized past participle
globalizing present participle
globalizes third person singular

Morphology

globalize = global (transparent) = global + ize

Standard, productive derivation: 'global' + '-ize' = make or become global, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word globalize comes from global, which comes from globe meaning 'world', and the ending -ize meaning 'make' or 'cause to be'. So to globalize something is to 'make' it 'worldwide'.