Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense localizes, present participle localizing, past tense, past participle localizedregional note: in BRIT, also use localise
1. verb
If you localize something, you identify precisely where it is.
Examine the painful area carefully in an effort to localize the most tender point. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: ascribe, specify, assign, pinpoint More Synonyms of localize
2. verb
If you localize something, you limit the size of the area that it affects and prevent it from spreading.
Few officers thought that a German-Czech war could be localized. [beVERB-ed]
More Synonyms of localize
localize in British English
or localise (ˈləʊkəˌlaɪz)
verb
1.
to make or become local in attitude, behaviour, etc
2. (transitive)
to restrict or confine (something) to a particular area or part
3. (transitive)
to assign or ascribe to a particular region
Derived forms
localizable (ˈlocalˌizable) or localisable (ˈlocalˌisable)
adjective
localization (ˌlocaliˈzation) or localisation (ˌlocaliˈsation)
noun
localizer (ˈlocalˌizer) or localiser (ˈlocalˌiser)
noun
localize in American English
(ˈloʊkəlˌaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈlocalˌized or ˈlocalˌizing
1.
to make local; limit or confine to a particular place, area, or locality
2.
to determine the specific local origin of, as a tradition
3.
to concentrate in one area, esp. of the body
Derived forms
localizable (ˈlocalˌizable)
adjective
localization (ˌlocaliˈzation)
noun
Examples of 'localize' in a sentence
localize
Flicking off the underwater torch, Stone tried to localize the source of the glow.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT
1 (verb)
Examine the area carefully in order to localize the most tender point.
Synonyms
ascribe
Journalists ascribed voter apathy to distrust of the government.
specify
assign
Assign the letters of the alphabet their numerical values.
pinpoint
narrow down
2 (verb)
Definition
to restrict (something) to a particular place
There was an attempt to localize the benefits of the university's output.
Synonyms
restrict
The fence would restrict public access.
limit
He limited payments on the country's foreign debt.
contain
The city authorities said the curfew had contained the violence.
concentrate
confine
She had largely confined her activities to the world of big business.
restrain
He grabbed my arm, partly to restrain me.
circumscribe
The monarch's powers are circumscribed by Parliament.
delimit
Additional synonyms
in the sense of assign
Definition
to attribute to a specified cause
Assign the letters of the alphabet their numerical values.
Synonyms
attribute,
credit,
put down,
set down,
ascribe,
accredit
in the sense of circumscribe
Definition
to limit or restrict within certain boundaries
The monarch's powers are circumscribed by Parliament.
Synonyms
restrict,
limit,
define,
confine,
restrain,
delineate,
hem in,
demarcate,
delimit,
straiten
in the sense of confine
Definition
to restrict the free movement of
She had largely confined her activities to the world of big business.
Synonyms
restrict,
limit
Nearby words of
localize
local
locale
locality
localize
localized
locate
located
Synonyms of 'localize'
localize
Explore 'localize' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of contain
Definition
to prevent from spreading or going beyond fixed limits
The city authorities said the curfew had contained the violence.
Synonyms
restrain,
control,
hold in,
curb,
suppress,
hold back,
stifle,
repress,
keep a tight rein on
in the sense of limit
Definition
to restrict
He limited payments on the country's foreign debt.