globalize

verb

glob·​al·​ize ˈglō-bə-ˌlīz 

globalized; globalizing

transitive verb

: to make or become global: such as

a

: to make or become worldwide in scope or application

globalize a company's operations

The industry has globalized.

b

: to make or become globally integrated or interconnected

globalize rural communities

… human civilization has progressively globalized.

—David Biello

globalized adjective

an increasingly globalized world/economy/society

Examples of globalize in a Sentence

The economy has become globalized.

The company is planning to globalize.

Recent Examples on the Web

The modern gym culture was born on Muscle Beach, institutionalized by Gold’s Gym in Venice, and later globalized by Jane Fonda’s aerobics empire. —Markos Kounalakis, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026

Kiswani wanted to globalize the intifada. —Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026

In 1978, China’s leader Deng Xiaoping introduced a sweeping set of measures aimed at globalizing the isolationist country, still reeling from the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. —Adam H. Graham, Time, 12 Mar. 2026

Attempting to globalize it risks turning off Americans who support it by featuring an all-Spanish performance in the NFL’s signature event. —Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for globalize

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