globalize

verb

glob·​al·​ize ˈglō-bə-ˌlīz 

globalized; globalizing

transitive verb

: to make or become global: such as

a

: to make or become worldwide in scope or application

globalize a company's operations

The industry has globalized.

b

: to make or become globally integrated or interconnected

globalize rural communities

… human civilization has progressively globalized.

—David Biello

globalized adjective

an increasingly globalized world/economy/society

Examples of globalize in a Sentence

The economy has become globalized.

The company is planning to globalize.

Recent Examples on the Web

But by the 2010s, private equity was globalizing and supersizing. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

International students therefore represent not only a way to globalize Japanese campuses and attract talent, but an increasingly important source of enrollment as the country's domestic college-age population contracts. — Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

And all this is happening while the economy has globalized — something that many political economists thought would encourage democracy among previously undemocratic nations. — José Kaire, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

As the technology market globalized, Arrow made the move to Colorado in 2015. — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for globalize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies