localize
Americanverb (used with object)
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localizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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localized,
past participle, past
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localizing
present participle
verb (used without object)
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localizes,
present (3rd person singular)
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localized,
past participle, past
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localizing
present participle
verb
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to make or become local in attitude, behaviour, etc
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(tr) to restrict or confine (something) to a particular area or part
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(tr) to assign or ascribe to a particular region
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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localizationnoun
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localizernoun
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unlocalizeverb (used with object)
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localizableadjective
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nonlocalizableadjective
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nonlocalizedadjective
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unlocalizableadjective
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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localizesimple
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localizessimple
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have localizedperfect
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has localizedperfect
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am localizingprogressive
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are localizingprogressive
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is localizingprogressive
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have been localizingperfect progressive
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has been localizingperfect progressive
Past
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localizedsimple
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had localizedperfect
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was localizingprogressive
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were localizingprogressive
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had been localizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of localize
Explanation
To localize is to focus on a small, specific area. The newspaper in your city might localize half of their news coverage, concentrating on just your state. A doctor or dentist will localize pain treatment in certain cases, like when you get a novocaine shot in your gums before getting a cavity filled. Rather than a general painkiller affecting your whole body, this focuses only on the part of your mouth that's affected. You can also localize by adapting something to a specific location. A rural school might localize its schedule by opening later in the fall to allow students to help on family farms, for example.
Vocabulary lists containing localize
Example Sentences
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“We think this quota will force China original equipment manufacturers to localize production, change EU pricing and model strategies, and reduce China market share gains.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
But China’s robotics industry has mostly overcome its issues thanks to efforts to localize the production of major components, as well as its willingness to direct capital with government-backed national road maps.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The deal was carefully structured to localize production in multiple phases, from kit assembly to near-complete domestic manufacturing.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
They acknowledge and make efforts to localize experiences for American fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
These the physician can localize more exactly by reason of this knowledge.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The text is by the California poet Dana Gioia, who seamlessly localizes paradise as a place to be preserved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Dowdy didn’t specify what steps Netflix plans to take as part of its new initiative to ensure that shows and movies’ original voices are maintained as the streamer localizes them.
From The Verge ● May 19, 2022
Tacoma author Marcia Crews, who also wrote “Three Bears of the Pacific Northwest,” localizes another fairytale in her new book, set once-upon-a-time on the Salish Sea.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2018
It localizes state by state, and county by county, what it actually costs for a family with children to survive.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2018
Again, we may infer the absence of scenery from the elaboration with which Plautus, for one, localizes the habitations of his leading characters.
From A Book About the Theater by Brander Matthews
While Iowa’s rate of cancers localized in the body increased last decade, metastatic cancers didn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Pope Leo XIV announced the presence of the lung nodule on Sunday, saying it had been "detected at a very early stage" and was localized.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
“The risk is not going to be as high, and it will be more localized because some places have seen recent rain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Nike believes it must commit to localized product development if it’s going to capture the attention of young Chinese people who don’t know who Michael Jordan is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The evidence for a localized origin of modern humans, followed by their spread and then their replacement of other types of humans elsewhere, seems strongest for Europe.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
In the longer term, the impact should be largely neutral as major Chinese automakers are already localizing production in Europe, with BYD set to start production in Hungary by end-2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The turning point came in the 1980s, when operators began aggressively localizing the concept.
From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026
But eventually, Yang believes, localizing production will be necessary to better expand in promising markets including Japan, Korea and Singapore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2025
Brown's localizing strategy has traditionally worked in his favor, appealing to "middle-of-the-road constituency that tends to appeal to Ohioans," Neiheisel said.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024
We see at once the part that the leucocytes play in attacking micro-organisms, and of localizing their action.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen
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