globalization

[ gloh-buh-luh-zey-shuhn ]

/ ˌgloʊ bə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world: the globalization of manufacturing.

worldwide integration and development: Globablization has resulted in the loss of some individual cultural identities.

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Also especially British, glob·al·i·sa·tion .

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How to use globalization in a sentence

This is due to the effects of globalization, climate change and proximity to wildlife.
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The process of globalization helped transfer cloth-coloring knowledge across the Americas.
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He delves into connections like this involving nature, material goods, globalization, and science.
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No two countries have benefited more from globalization than China and India, today the world’s second- and fifth-largest economies, respectively.
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In technology, in globalization, in developments in consumer tastes, and so on.
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Finally, as with other medications, the looming question is that of globalization.
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Young said he views this historic summit meeting in Washington as “the beginning of a new age of globalization.”
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There are many explanations for this decline, including the impact of offshoring, globalization and technology.
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Even so, the process of globalization began thousands of years ago, thanks especially to the work of enterprising mariners.
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People have been paying lip-service to globalization and the blahblahblah.
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If we meet all these challenges, America can lead the world toward peace and freedom in an era of globalization.
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British Dictionary definitions for globalization

globalization

globalisation

/ (ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən) /

noun

the process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications

the emergence since the 1980s of a single world market dominated by multinational companies, leading to a diminishing capacity for national governments to control their economies

the process by which a company, etc, expands to operate internationally

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