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LOCALIZE

8 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

LOCALIZE is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

verb
  1. transitiveTo make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
    • The intent of the aphorism "think globally, act locally" was to spur action by localizing the challenge.
  2. transitiveTo adapt (a product or service) for use in a particular country or region, typically by translating text into the language of that country and modifying currencies, date formats, etc.
    • We need to localize our software for the Japanese market.
  3. To adapt translated text to fit a local culture; to domesticate.
    • the ethical dilemma faced when to localize is to self-censor
  4. intransitiveoftenTo be located in or confined to; to fix upon or sequester in a locality.
    • After a brief systemic phase defeated by the immune system, the infection localized to certain areas where it went dormant.
  5. proscribedsometimestransitiveTo determine where something takes place or is to be found.
    • After exploratory surgery, the extent of the problem was localized to the left lower quadrant.
  6. transitiveTo produce (from a ring and an ideal in that ring) the ring of fractions, where the set of allowed denominators is the compliment of the given ideal.