localize
Use Localize in a sentence
kəˌlaɪz verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
2.
to gather, collect, or concentrate in one locality.
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localize or localise (ˈləʊkəˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become local in attitude, behaviour, etc |
| 2. | (tr) to restrict or confine (something) to a particular area or part |
| 3. | (tr) to assign or ascribe to a particular region |
| localise or localise | |
| —vb | |
| 'localizable or localise | |
| —adj | |
| 'localisable or localise | |
| —adj | |
| locali'zation or localise | |
| —n | |
| locali'sation or localise | |
| —n | |
| 'localizer or localise | |
| —n | |
| 'localiser or localise | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Bangs home the point that to globalize you need to localize.
The purpose of this study is to design a method to better localize parathyroid adenomas.
Ten years ago, cognitive neuroscience was skeptical about trying to localize any kind of social process in the brain.
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