DIGITALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does digitalize mean? 

• DIGITALIZE (verb)
  The verb DIGITALIZE has 2 senses:

1. put into digital form, as for use in a computer

2. administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects

  Familiarity information: DIGITALIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIGITALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they digitalize    ... he / she / it digitalizes   
Past simple: digitalized   
Past participle: digitalized   
-ing form: digitalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put into digital form, as for use in a computer

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

digitalise; digitalize; digitise; digitize

Context example:

he bought a device to digitize the data

Hypernyms (to "digitalize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

digit (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "digitalize" is one way to...):

administer; dispense (give or apply (medications))

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

digitalis (a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove)

digitalization (the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders)