localize

Other forms of localize

past tense

localized·

present participle

localizing·

third person

localizes·

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 localize

What does localize mean?

localize means "identify the location or place of". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in localize?

localize has 3 syllables: lo-ca-lize. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /ˈloʊkəˌlaɪz/.

What is another word for localize?

Close synonyms include place, localise, localise, focalize, focalise. 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 localize a common word?

localize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 localize?

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