globalize

English

Alternative forms

• globalise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English globe

English -al

English global

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English globalize

From global + -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊ.bə.laɪz/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloʊ.bə.laɪz/
• (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