LOCALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does localize mean? 

• LOCALIZE (verb)
  The verb LOCALIZE has 4 senses:

1. identify the location or place of

2. concentrate on a particular place or spot

3. restrict something to a particular area

4. locate

  Familiarity information: LOCALIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOCALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they localize    ... he / she / it localizes   
Past simple: localized   
Past participle: localized   
-ing form: localizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Identify the location or place of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

localise; localize; place

Context example:

We localized the source of the infection

Hypernyms (to "localize" is one way to...):

locate; situate (determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

locale (the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting))

localization (a determination of the place where something is)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Concentrate on a particular place or spot

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

focalise; focalize; localise; localize

Context example:

The infection has localized in the left eye

Hypernyms (to "localize" is one way to...):

lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Restrict something to a particular area

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

localise; localize

Hypernyms (to "localize" is one way to...):

control; restrict (place under restrictions; limit access to by law)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "localize"):

draw (cause to localize at one point)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Locate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

localise; localize; place; set

Context example:

The film is set in Africa

Hypernyms (to "localize" is one way to...):

present; represent; stage (perform (a play), especially on a stage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

locale (the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting))

localization (a determination of the place where something is)

 Context examples 

EndoG is encoded in the nuclear genome but is localized to mitochondria in normal cells.

(Apoptotic DNA Fragmentation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Aurora A localizes in mitosis to the spindle poles and to spindle microtubules and is thought to regulate spindle assembly.

(Aurora Kinase Inhibitor MLN8054, NCI Thesaurus)

A localized mast cell neoplasm without metastatic potential.

(Benign Mastocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A Sertoli cell tumor of the testis or the ovary which remains localized and does not metastasize to another anatomic site.

(Benign Sertoli Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A sac formation resulting from the localized dilatation of the wall of the aorta.

(Aortic Aneurysm, NCI Thesaurus)

Using the keen specificity of antigen recognition by antibodies, targeting selectively localizes antibody-associated reagents to antigen sites for therapeutic or diagnostic effect.

(Antigen Targeting, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of diseases in which protein builds up in certain organs (localized amyloidosis) or throughout the body (systemic amyloidosis).

(Amyloidosis, NCI Dictionary)

A disorder characterized by the localized or diffuse accumulation of amyloid protein in various anatomic sites.

(Amyloidosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinically, the disease may be localized; manifested with localized lymphadenopathy, or multicentric; manifested with generalized lymphadenopathy, fever, organomegaly, and sometimes POEMS syndrome.

(Angiofollicular Lymphoid Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A systemic therapy which ensures that a specific prodrug is not converted into the active moiety anywhere but at the sites where the enzyme-linked, tumor-specific antibodies have localized.

(Antibody-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)