digitalize

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verb (1)

dig·​i·​tal·​ize ˈdi-jə-tə-ˌlīz 

digitalized; digitalizing

transitive verb

: to convert (something, such as data or an image) to digital form : digitize

The Mobile Wallet may eventually replace the contents of your … leather wallet. Instead, everything will be digitalized and stored in your smartphone …

—AAA Times

… has gained the permission of about 100 newspapers to digitalize and index a trove of back issues.

—Jennifer Saba

digitalize

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verb (2)

dig·​i·​ta·​lize ˈdi-jə-tə-ˌlīz 

digitalized; digitalizing

transitive verb

: to subject to digitalization

Examples of digitalize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

To achieve this, the company embarked on a multi-year transformation journey, centered around SAP Business Network, to digitalize transactions and interactions across its vast supply chain. —Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

The company plans to use the proceeds to digitalize its business, invest in its supply chain and boost marketing. —Yue Wang, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2025

Physical information from a warehouse can be digitalized by KION software into a highly accurate digital twin that lives on Nvidia’s Omniverse platform. —Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025

Sweden and Germany have built such homes, as builders try to speed up construction time and digitalize the sector. —Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

digital

Verb (2)

digitalis

First Known Use

Verb (1)

1955, in the meaning defined above

Verb (2)

circa 1808, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for digitalize

• actualize
• antagonize
• apologise
• apologize
• capitalize
• categorize
• characterize
• commercialize
• conceptualize
• contrariwise
• criminalize
• decentralize

Medical Definition

digitalize

transitive verb

dig·​i·​ta·​lize

variants also British digitalise

ˈdij-ət-ᵊl-ˌīz 

digitalized also British digitalised; digitalizing also British digitalising

: to subject to digitalization