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localize [loh-kuh-lahyz] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN 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. Liberaldictionary.com
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. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for localization Historical Examples of localization
The localization of the recalled and recognized impression is also important.
William Walker Atkinson
They mutually interrogate regarding the localization of a missing pen.
A Lawyer
It is not clear why the localization of this important scene was not given spontaneously.
A. L. Kroeber
If we have any sense, we have got to have localization of brain.
Robert G. Ingersoll
Boleti do not differ much from Agaricini in their localization.
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
British Dictionary definitions for localization 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 Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for localization n.
1811, noun of action from localize.
localize v.
1792, from local + -ize. Related: Localized; localizing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper localization in Medicine localization [lō′kə-lĭ-zā′shən] n. Limitation to a specific area. The reference of a sensation to its point of origin. The determination of the location of a pathological process. The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
