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digitalize

American  
[dij-i-tl-ahyz, dij-i-tal-ahyz] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tlˌaɪz, ˌdɪdʒ ɪˈtæl aɪz /
especially British, digitalise

verb (used with object)

digitalized, digitalizing
  1. Medicine/Medical. to treat (a person) with a regimen of digitalis.

  2. Computers. to digitize.


digitalize British  
/ ˈdɪdʒɪtəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to administer digitoxin or digoxin to (a patient) for the treatment of certain heart disorders

  2. another word for digitize

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of digitalize

First recorded in 1925–30; digital(is) + -ize


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It also includes the introduction of a so-called European Business Wallet – a digital tool for European companies and public bodies designed to help them to digitalize operations and processes such as exchanging documents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

In 2017, it vowed by 2022 to digitalize its 575 most used services, like company registrations.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

But services, including Transflo, are bridging the transition by allowing drivers to scan trip documents at truck-stop kiosks to digitalize the paperwork for fleet operators.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022

“Those firms that can digitalize fastest are going to create competitive advantage.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2022

Jokowi has tried to digitalize investment applications before, but it could still take months if not years to process a proposal in certain sectors.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2021

The post demands deep understanding of myriad securities and digitalized investment platforms.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

But who better than artists to fearlessly hold the mirror up to an ever-more digitalized human nature?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025

Service robots have seen booming demand as well, given a shortage of workers and increased reliability in digitalized factories, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

“Objects are often not inventoried or digitalized, and it raised the question of how you can have a dialogue with a country of origin when you don’t even know what is in Germany,” Hilgert said.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2022

In December 2006, they reached a milestone of 100,000 digitalized books publicly available, with 12,000 new books added per month.

From Technology and Books for All by Marie Lebert

The company is also going all-in on AI, with factory workers in the process of digitalizing paper records.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Yet a greater barrier to digitalizing the border is the complexity of international trade.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2019

That’s why, Ilves explains, the Estonians are digitalizing all their indigenous books and shipping the data out of the country.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2016

Absorbing the German tech giant’s advance toward digitalizing output, the German chancellor wore the Siemens logo on her left lapel with an air of unmistakable pride.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2015

Its announced priorities have not involved primary structural change so much as proposals like eliminating bureaucracy, digitalizing the administration’s communications, increasing broadband use and developing electronic-based transport.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2010

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