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

Cage was scheduled for a scan for the upcoming Spider-Man Noir live-action series and joked about the process of digitalizing him. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 July 2024

Integrating advanced technologies has digitalized medical information and supported patients' data protection requirements. —Dewayne Hart, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024

Logistics firms who fail to digitalize system-wide or do so only partially, rather than throughout their entire network, risk becoming relics. —Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

But to truly digitalize the trade system, its connectivity problem must be solved. —Geraldine McBride, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023

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

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