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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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The group invested 1.4 billion euros during the quarter to expand, modernize and digitalize its energy infrastructure and push growth.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

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 government was also looking at “immunity passports” for people who have recovered from the virus and are immune from infection, and how to digitalize the response at the border, she said.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2020

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

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

The theater affords a space — one of the few left in our digitalized world — for this kind of reflective gathering.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 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

“You also can’t separate it from the complex global geopolitical situation in a digitalized world,” he said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 22, 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 Lebert, Marie

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

So my son’s reaction got to the root of a serious issue: Is written Chinese suited to a digitalizing, globalizing world?

From New York Times Aug. 23, 2012

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