globalize

English

Alternative forms

• globalise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From global +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊ.bə.laɪz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloʊ.bə.laɪz/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʉ.bə.lɑɪz/

Verb

globalize (third-person singular simple present globalizes, present participle globalizing, simple past and past participle globalized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. (transitive) to make something global in scope, as:
   1. To internationalize to a worldwide or near-worldwide degree.
   2. To generalize to a comprehensive or even exhaustive degree.

Derived terms

• deglobalize
• globalizable
• globalization
• globalizer
• glocalize
• reglobalize

Related terms

• globalism
• globalist

Translations

To make something global in scope

Catalan: globalitzar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 全球化 (zh) (quánqiúhuà) Czech: globalizovat Estonian: globaliseeruma, üleilmastuma Finnish: globaalistaa French: globaliser (fr) Galician: globalizar Georgian: გლობალიზება (globalizeba) German: globalisieren (de) Italian: globalizzare (it) Portuguese: globalizar (pt) Romanian: globaliza Spanish: globalizar (es) Turkish: küreselleştirmek Welsh: globaleiddio

Galician

Verb

globalize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of globalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

globalize

1. inflection of globalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative