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Verb: localize  'lowku`lIz
  1. Identify the location or place of
    "We localized the source of the infection"
    - place, localise [Brit]
     
  2. Concentrate on a particular place or spot
    "The infection has localized in the left eye"
    - localise [Brit], focalize, focalise [Brit]
     
  3. Restrict something to a particular area
    - localise [Brit]
     
  4. Locate
    - set, localise [Brit], place

Derived forms: localized, localizes, localizing

See also: locale, localization

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

Encyclopedia: Localize