"globalize" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɡləʊ.bə.laɪz/ [UK], /ˈɡloʊ.bə.laɪz/ [US], /ˈɡləʉ.bə.lɑɪz/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-globalize.wav Forms: globalizes [present, singular, third-person], globalizing [participle, present], globalized [participle, past], globalized [past]
Etymology: From global + -ize. Etymology templates: {{af|en|global|-ize}} global + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} globalize (third-person singular simple present globalizes, present participle globalizing, simple past and past participle globalized)
  1. (transitive) to make something global in scope, as:
    To internationalize to a worldwide or near-worldwide degree.
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    Sense id: en-globalize-en-verb-bdW8~6hn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 74 26
  2. (transitive) to make something global in scope, as:
    To generalize to a comprehensive or even exhaustive degree.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-globalize-en-verb-bGtLuZys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: globalise [UK] Derived forms: globalization Related terms: globalism, globalist Translations (To make something global in scope): globalitzar (Catalan), 全球化 (quánqiúhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), globalizovat (Czech), globaliseeruma (Estonian), üleilmastuma (Estonian), globaalistaa (Finnish), globaliser (French), globalizar (Galician), გლობალიზება (globalizeba) (Georgian), globalisieren (German), globalizzare (Italian), globalizar (Portuguese), globaliza (Romanian), globalizar (Spanish), küreselleştirmek (Turkish), globaleiddio (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'To make something global in scope': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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