English Dictionary |
GLOBALIZE
Pronunciation (US): | ![]() | (GB): | ![]() |
IPA (US): | ![]() |
Dictionary entry overview: What does globalize mean?
• GLOBALIZE (verb)
The verb GLOBALIZE has 1 sense:
1. make world-wide in scope or application
Familiarity information: GLOBALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
![Listen to US pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
![Listen to GB pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
![Listen to US pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
![Listen to GB pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
Past simple: globalized
![Listen to US pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
![Listen to GB pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
Past participle: globalized
![Listen to US pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
![Listen to GB pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
-ing form: globalizing
![Listen to US pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
![Listen to GB pronunciation](/lib/sound3.png)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make world-wide in scope or application
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
globalise; globalize
Context example:
Markets are being increasingly globalized
Hypernyms (to "globalize" is one way to...):
broaden; extend; widen (extend in scope or range or area)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
globalization (growth to a global or worldwide scale)
Context examples
The unprecedented lethality of a single disease affecting an entire vertebrate class highlights the threat from the spread of novel pathogens in a globalized world.
(Deadly fungal disease ‘caused greatest biodiversity loss ever recorded’, SciDev.Net)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you." (Native American proverb, Hopi)
"Don't count your chickens until they've hatched." (Catalan proverb)
"Empty barrels make more noise." (Danish proverb)