localize

[ loh-kuh-lahyz ]

/ ˈloʊ kəˌlaɪz /

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verb (used with object), lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing.

to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.

verb (used without object), lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing.

to gather, collect, or concentrate in one locality.

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Also especially British, lo·cal·ise.

Origin of localize

First recorded in 1785–95; local + -ize

Related forms

lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjectivelo·cal·i·za·tion, nounlo·cal·iz·er, nounnon·lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjective

non·lo·cal·ized, adjectiveun·lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjectiveun·lo·cal·ize, verb (used with object), un·lo·cal·ized, un·lo·cal·iz·ing.

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Their claims have led to both academic controversy and localized conflict.
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That leeway could make it harder for Assad to respond to localized protests, and allow them to spread.
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The work in the factory should be carefully divided up, and localized.
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It was that country's domestic affair, and he hoped that the dispute would be localized.
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III., "How the wives restored their husband to life," looks like a much altered and localized form of this.
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Our records indicate that it is widely distributed, but of localized occurrence.
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Inversely, he has been able, by means of the localized action of light, to transform creeping or climbing into flowering branches.
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British Dictionary definitions for localized

localize

localise

/ (ˈləʊkəˌlaɪz) /

verb

to make or become local in attitude, behaviour, etc

(tr) to restrict or confine (something) to a particular area or part

(tr) to assign or ascribe to a particular region

Derived Formslocalizable or localisable, adjectivelocalization or localisation, nounlocalizer or localiser, noun

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Word Origin and History for localized

localize

1792, from local + -ize. Related: Localized; localizing.

Medicine definitions for localized

localized

[ lō′kə-līzd′ ]

adj.

Restricted or limited to a specific part.

localize

verb (used with object), lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing.

verb (used without object), lo·cal·ized, lo·cal·iz·ing.

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