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Verb: localize  'low-ku,lIz
  1. Locate or establish in a particular place
    "They localized the source of the radio signal";
    - set, localise [Brit], place
     
  2. Identify the location or place of
    "We localized the source of the infection";
    - place, localise [Brit]
     
  3. Concentrate on a particular place or spot
    "The infection has localized in the left eye";
    - localise [Brit], focalize, focalise [Brit]
     
  4. Restrict something to a particular area
    "The firefighters managed to localize the blaze to one building";
    - localise [Brit]

Derived forms: localizing, localizes, localized

Type of: control, lie, locate, present, represent, restrict, situate, stage

Encyclopedia: Localize