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worldize

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[wurl-dahyz] / ˈwɜrl daɪz /

verb (used with object)

Movies.
worldized, worldizing
  1. to treat (a recorded sound) so that it seems to be heard in a location other than where it was recorded, especially the location where the scene involving the sound takes place.

    I want all the dialogue worldized, because too often I can hear that the character in the woods is really talking in a studio somewhere.


Etymology

Origin of worldize

First recorded in 1990–95; world ( def. ) + -ize ( def. )

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Perhaps the latter group might be called "worldized."

From The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation by Nearing, Scott

The inventions and discoveries of the past century have worldized transport without the necessity of any intervention from a producer's society.

From The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation by Nearing, Scott

Worldizing Economic Activity The past hundred years have witnessed a speedy worldizing of human affairs built upon a transformation in the ways of making a living.

From The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation by Nearing, Scott

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