What does localize mean?

Definitions for localize
ˈloʊ kəˌlaɪzlo·cal·ize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. place, localize, localiseverb

    identify the location or place of

    "We localized the source of the infection"

  2. localize, localise, focalize, focaliseverb

    concentrate on a particular place or spot

    "The infection has localized in the left eye"

  3. localize, localiseverb

    restrict something to a particular area

  4. set, localize, localise, placeverb

    locate

    "The film is set in Africa"

Wiktionary

  1. localizeverb

    To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

  2. localizeverb

    To adapt a product for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country or region and, if necessary, ensuring support of different character sets.

    We need to localize our software for the Japanese market.

  3. Etymology: From. Compare French localiser.

ChatGPT

  1. localize

    To localize means to make something specific to a particular area, region, or place. It can also refer to the process of adapting or adjusting a product, service, or piece of content to meet the language, cultural, or other requirements of a specific geographic market. In medical terminology, to localize can mean to confine a condition or disease to a specific area in the body.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Localizeverb

    to make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. localiser. See Local.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of localize in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of localize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of localize in a Sentence

  1. Bill Russo:

    They managed to stop the bleeding and increase average selling price, good sign, but they need to do more to localize their business model to address the growth in non-hardware related mobility and digital services if they are to recapture growth.

  2. Sotirios Marinidis:

    It's not a race about how much (we can localize), we need to look at a lot of things, including raw materials, sustainability, quality, cost.

  3. Dipayan Ghosh:

    I think there is some era of retaliation here, where,' Hey, if you're going to do this to our companies — shut us out or force us to localize — then we're going to do it to you as well,'.

  4. Stefan Jacoby:

    We could not ramp up Spin production to boost the volume as we had expected ... although the product was really good, the logistics chain of the Spin was too complex; we had low volume so we could not localize the car accordingly, and from the cost point of view we were just not competitive.

  5. Eric Xu:

    Even if you localize, make your own CPUs (central processing units), make your own operating systems, make your own database software, it would still be at a grade school level, (with) your (security measures) transparent to the college students.

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