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localize

Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkəlaɪz/

The English word “localize” has 6 meanings listed here.

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.

Etymology

From local + -ize. Compare French localiser.

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