globalization

1. 1.

   growth to a global or worldwide scale

   “the globalization of the communication industry”

   Synonymsglobalisation

   Broadereconomic process

Other forms of globalization

plural

globalizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about globalization

What does globalization mean?

globalization means "growth to a global or worldwide scale".

How many syllables are in globalization?

globalization has 5 syllables: glo-ba-li-za-tion. The stress falls on "za". In IPA it is /ˌɡloʊbəlɪˈzeɪʃən/.

What is another word for globalization?

Close synonyms include globalisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is globalization a common word?

globalization is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with globalization?

94 words rhyme with globalization. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.