globalize

verb

glob·​al·​ize ˈglō-bə-ˌlīz 

globalized; globalizing

transitive verb

: to make global

especially : to make worldwide in scope or application

globalize a company's operations

Examples of globalize in a Sentence

The economy has become globalized.

The company is planning to globalize.

Recent Examples on the Web

Trump has said several times in recent months that there could be trade actions for the pharmaceutical industry, which has globalized since the 1990s with a drug supply chain that stretches from Europe to China and India. —Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025

Yet beneath the bravado, critical voices argue that this winner-take-all model may not secure lasting advantage in a world where technologies diffuse quickly, value chains globalize, and societal resilience is as valuable as technological brute force. —Arafat Kabir, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025

Lee, as the influential vice chairwoman of Korea’s largest entertainment conglomerate, played a key role in globalizing K-content, backing Oscar-winning hits and establishing CJ ENM as a dominant force in international film and television (the company also owns Hollywood banner Fifth Season). —Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2025

This essay extends the timeline backward while also globalizing the stakes: the Midwest becomes a node in a diasporic network of Black thought and activism. —The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2025

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