digitize

verb

dig·​i·​tize ˈdi-jə-ˌtīz How to pronounce digitize (audio)
digitized; digitizing

transitive verb

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

Examples of digitize in a Sentence

The record company digitized the songs and made them available on the Internet.
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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices. Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025 In modern reality, most media are streamed, digitized, and easily vaporized; not so much owned as leased; pockmarked with ads and often tweaked (or falsified) via AI. Mark Athitakis, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2025 Digitizing Personal Archives: Staff from the CALS Roberts Library will assist attendees in digitizing up to five items at the Mobile Memory Lab station and putting them on a complimentary flash drive. Eric E. Harrison, arkansasonline.com, 29 Jan. 2025 Digitize Details Users can digitize details from physical objects like business cards or notes. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for digitize 

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of digitize was in 1953

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“Digitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digitize. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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digitize

verb
dig·​i·​tize ˈdij-ə-ˌtīz How to pronounce digitize (audio)
digitized; digitizing
: to change (as data or an image) to digital form
digitizer noun
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