globalize

[ gloh-buh-lahyz ]

/ ˈgloʊ bəˌlaɪz /

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verb (used with object), glob·al·ized, glob·al·iz·ing.

to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: efforts to globalize the auto industry.

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Also especially British, glob·al·ise .

Origin of globalize

First recorded in 1940–45; global + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM globalize

glob·al·i·za·tion, noun

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How to use globalize in a sentence

This means an increasingly globalized theater market, and a Hollywood incentivized to make movies to appeal to the world’s emerging markets, not just Americans.
Where is the future of the box office?|Dan Kopf|December 20, 2020|Quartz
By Liron Smadja, director, global expansion marketing at FiverrThe globalized news cycle is both a negative and positive for marketers.
How marketers can avoid threats and claim opportunities with distributed teams|Fiverr|November 23, 2020|Digiday
As work shifts online, the world of marketing opportunities expandsThe production cycle is another example of the opportunities a globalized acceleration of online work creates.
How marketers can avoid threats and claim opportunities with distributed teams|Fiverr|November 23, 2020|Digiday
Neither Smith nor Marx can carry us far into the guts of globalized financial capitalism.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years|Jedediah Purdy|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Israel and Palestine—it cannot be stressed enough—exist in a globalized, networked, densely populated, urbanized land.
Israelis and Palestinians: Getting Down To Business|Bernard Avishai|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In a globalized world, even Jewish identities are trans-ethnic, trans-national, and multi-racial.
Shaul Magid's Post-Ethnic Judaism|Zachary Braiterman|May 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In fact, in this globalized world, we all depend on each other.
How Thatcher's Ideology Threatens To Kill Zionism|Samuel Lebens|April 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Probably most people agree, though, that the slow-down has something to do with a more globalized world economy.
Can We Make the Social Safety Net Work in the 21st Century's Flat World?|David Frum|September 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for globalize

globalize

globalise

/ (ˈɡləʊbəˌlaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to put into effect or spread worldwide

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