localize
Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkəlaɪz/
The English word “localize” has 6 meanings listed here.
verb
- To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
- 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.
- To adapt translated text to fit a local culture; to domesticate.
- To be located in or confined to; to fix upon or sequester in a locality.
- To determine where something takes place or is to be found.
- 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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