digitize
verb
dig·i·tize
ˈdi-jə-ˌtīz 
digitized; digitizing
: to convert (something, such as data or an image) to digital form
Examples of digitize in a Sentence
The record company digitized the songs and made them available on the Internet.
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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.
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Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
These signals are digitized and decoded by some form of specialist software.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
But a large part of it still existed and had never been digitized and was in fairly touchy condition.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
The couple are interested in partnering with a philanthropic organization to help digitize the newspaper’s archives, which stretch back to 1928 — when the eight-page weekly tabloid, known then as the Palisadian, sold for just five cents a pop.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
These signals are digitized and decoded by some form of specialist software.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
But a large part of it still existed and had never been digitized and was in fairly touchy condition.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
The couple are interested in partnering with a philanthropic organization to help digitize the newspaper’s archives, which stretch back to 1928 — when the eight-page weekly tabloid, known then as the Palisadian, sold for just five cents a pop.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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“Digitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digitize. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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digitize
verb
dig·i·tize
ˈdij-ə-ˌtīz
digitized; digitizing
: to change (as data or an image) to digital form
digitizer
noun
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