digitize

verb

dig·​i·​tize ˈdi-jə-ˌtīz How to pronounce digitize (audio)
digitized; digitizing

transitive verb

: to convert (something, such as data or an image) to digital form
digitizer noun

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. Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025 These faint signals require amplification and filtering before being digitized by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for processing. Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025 Several major record labels and rights holders have settled their $621 million copyright infringement suit against the Internet Archive over its efforts to digitize, preserve, and share 78 rpm records. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025 As vehicles have become more highly digitized, many automakers have moved away from glove boxes that require a key to lock. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for digitize

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of digitize was in 1953

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“Digitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digitize. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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digitize

verb
dig·​i·​tize ˈdij-ə-ˌtīz How to pronounce digitize (audio)
digitized; digitizing
: to change (as data or an image) to digital form
digitizer noun
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