localize

[loh-kuh-lahyz]

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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.

Also especially British, lo·cal·ise.

Origin of localize

First recorded in 1785–95; local + -ize

Related formslo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjectivelo·cal·i·za·tion, nounlo·cal·iz·er, nounnon·lo·cal·iz·a·ble, adjectivenon·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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Related Words for localized

sectarian, limited, district, restricted, bounded, confined, narrow, civic, geographical, insular, neighborhood, parish, parochial, provincial, regional, sectional, small-town, territorial, town, vernacular

Examples from the Web for localized

Contemporary Examples of localized

Their claims have led to both academic controversy and localized conflict.
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Nina Strochlic
January 3, 2015
In a continent-sized country where every rebel has a cause, diffuse and localized protests may work to Rousseff's favor.
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August 24, 2013
The parks issue is essentially a localized proxy war in a larger conflict over the past, present, and future of Southern identity.
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Justin Green
February 20, 2013
Mercury direct, Friday, invites global interest in your most localized endeavors.
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Starsky + Cox
August 20, 2011
That leeway could make it harder for Assad to respond to localized protests, and allow them to spread.
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David A. Graham
March 25, 2011

Historical Examples of localized

Then his "centre of creation" should be everywhere, not a localized one.
Life: Its True Genesis
R. W. Wright
Then with a sudden gasp of wonder I localized where it came from.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes
Various
The burns were very serious but not mortal, and were localized in the leg.
Thunder and Lightning
Camille Flammarion
Functions, if not localized, soul will not seem within us, iv.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4
Plotinos (Plotinus)
The work in the factory should be carefully divided up, and localized.
Inventors & Inventions
Henry Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for localized

localize

localise

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.

localized in Medicine

localized

[lō′kə-līzd′]

adj.

Restricted or limited to a specific part.