English Explanatory Dictionary

localize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
  2. To adapt (a product or service) for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country and modifying currencies, date formats, etc.
  3. To adapt translated text to fit a local culture; to domesticate.
  4. To be located in or confined to; to fix upon or sequester in a locality.
  5. To determine where something takes place or is to be found.
  6. To produce (from a ring and an ideal in that ring) the ring of fractions, where the set of allowed denominators is the compliment of the given ideal.

Pronunciation

/ˈləʊkəlaɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-localize.wav /ˈloʊkəlaɪz/

Word forms

localize localizes localizing localized localise

Etymology

From local + -ize. Compare French localiser.

Synonyms

locate

Related words

local local color locality locate location locator locus

Derived words

colocalize delocalize dislocalize geolocalize glocalize immunolocalize localizability localizable localizate localization localizer mislocalize neolocalize nonlocalizing prelocalize relocalize sublocalize translocalize
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