localize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
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to make or become local in attitude, behaviour, etc
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(tr) to restrict or confine (something) to a particular area or part
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(tr) to assign or ascribe to a particular region
Other Word Forms
- localizable adjective
- localization noun
- localizer noun
- nonlocalizable adjective
- nonlocalized adjective
- unlocalizable adjective
- unlocalize verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of localize
Example Sentences
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He is pressing ahead with a roughly $30 million expansion of his factory in Tennessee, convinced that he needs to localize more production in the U.S. to sidestep tariffs.
But the move is unlikely to reverse the longer-term shift toward localizing technology supply chains in the U.S. and Japan beyond 2026, it says.
As a result, some countries are looking to build out localized computing infrastructure, develop their own models and foster homegrown AI talent.
The team focused on radar images showing localized surface collapses and applied a specialized imaging technique they developed to detect and analyze underground conduits near skylights.
From Science Daily
Instead, it contains sharp thermal contrasts, with localized hot zones sitting beneath the continent sized rock structures.
From Science Daily
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