digitize

verb

dig·​i·​tize ˈdi-jə-ˌtīz 

digitized; digitizing

transitive verb

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

digitizer

ˈdi-jə-ˌtī-zər 

noun

Examples of digitize in a Sentence

The record company digitized the songs and made them available on the Internet.

Recent Examples on the Web

Near the end of her life, Austen gave many of her photographs to the Staten Island Historical Society; this year, they have finally been returned to the museum’s own collection, providing an enormous new cache of material to catalogue and digitize. —Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2025

There was some time when people thought that apprenticeship and mentorship could maybe be digitized or entirely done remotely. —Fortune Editors, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025

Archivists use bespoke machines to digitize books page by page, livestreaming their work on YouTube for all to see (alongside some lo-fi music). —Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025

Once digitized and available, the collection could form one of the most comprehensive archives of Arab cinema anywhere in the world. —Essie Assibu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for digitize

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

Kids Definition

digitize

verb

dig·​i·​tize ˈdij-ə-ˌtīz 

digitized; digitizing

: to change (as data or an image) to digital form

digitizer noun