1. Limit something to a particular place or small region.
2. Find or determine where something is situated.
3. Adapt a product or text to the language, conventions, or needs of a particular region.
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Words that belong together
- localize damage
- localize an effect
On the page
The barrier helped localize damage to the lower chamber.
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Word forms
- Base
- localize
- Past tense
- localized
- Past participle
- localized
- Present participle
- localizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- localize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are localizing
- Present perfect
- have/has localized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been localizing
- Past
- localized
- Past continuous
- was/were localizing
- Past perfect
- had localized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been localizing
- Future
- will localize
- Future continuous
- will be localizing
- Future perfect
- will have localized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been localizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: localize; localizes; localized; localized; localizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: localizes.
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