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

The couple are interested in partnering with a philanthropic organization to help digitize the newspaper’s archives, which stretch back to 1928 — when the eight-page weekly tabloid, known then as the Palisadian, sold for just five cents a pop. —Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026

Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices. —Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026

Kelly, then one of the team’s highest-ranking employees, watched Brzezinski digitize the team’s scouting reports and contract databases into a computer for the first time. —Alec Lewis, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026

Millions of hours of human judgment, already digitized. —Nicole Fraenkel, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026

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