verb · neutral
globalize
UK/ˈɡləʊbəlaɪz/US/ˈɡloʊbəˌlaɪz/GLO·ba·lize
to make something operate or be known worldwide; to become worldwide
Examples
“Many food brands have globalized, selling the same products in dozens of countries.”
“The internet helped small businesses globalize more quickly.”
“Policies that globalize markets can increase competition.”
Band 8 sentence
“Multinational firms have globalized supply chains over the past two decades, which has lowered costs but increased economic interdependence.”
Collocations
- globalize production
- globalize markets
- globalize operations
Word family
Common mistakes
They globalize their products last year.→They globalized their products last year.
They try to make their brand globalize.→They try to globalize their brand.
Say it for a higher band
5make something global→6go global→7+globalize
Synonyms
internationalize
go global
Easily confused
internationalize
“The university plans to internationalize its curriculum to attract more overseas students.”
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