digitalize

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verb (1)

dig·​i·​tal·​ize ˈdi-jə-tə-ˌlīz 

digitalized; digitalizing

transitive verb

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

The Mobile Wallet may eventually replace the contents of your … leather wallet. Instead, everything will be digitalized and stored in your smartphone …

—AAA Times

… has gained the permission of about 100 newspapers to digitalize and index a trove of back issues.

—Jennifer Saba

digitalize

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verb (2)

dig·​i·​ta·​lize ˈdi-jə-tə-ˌlīz 

digitalized; digitalizing

transitive verb

: to subject to digitalization

Examples of digitalize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The team’s mission is to digitalize asset maintenance for terminal operations with the same standard of data quality as needed for airside operations such as safety and security and preparing for emergencies. —Judith Magyar, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025

Trust, service, safety—none of this is easy to digitalize. —Magnus Ahlqvist, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

Beijing has ambitious plans to digitalize the country's factories further — in the next five years. —Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 4 June 2025

Saudi Arabia has embarked on ambitious efforts to digitalize its economy to help with AI training and deployment, as well as investing in talent. —Will Knight, Wired News, 15 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

digital

Verb (2)

digitalis

First Known Use

Verb (1)

1955, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

circa 1808, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for digitalize

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• commercialize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize

Medical Definition

digitalize

transitive verb

dig·​i·​ta·​lize

variants also British digitalise

ˈdij-ət-ᵊl-ˌīz 

digitalized also British digitalised; digitalizing also British digitalising

: to subject to digitalization