verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtaɪz/
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Canada, General-American:/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪˌtaɪz/
Australian:/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtɑez/
CMU ARPABET:D IH1 JH AH0 T AY2 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To represent something (such as an image or sound) as a structured sequence of binary digits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: digitalize
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To quantize a continuous or analog value; to convert it into a discrete value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To finger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Examples
to digitize a pen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
put into digital form, as for use in a computer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he bought a device to digitize the data
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: digitise, digitalize, digitalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English digit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English digitize From digit + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
رَقْمَنَة
(raqmana)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Catalan:
digitalitzar
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Chinese Mandarin:
數字化 /数字化
(shùzìhuà)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Czech:
digitalizovat
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Dutch:
digitaliseren
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Finnish:
digitalisoida
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Finnish:
digitoida
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
French:
numériser
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
French:
digitaliser
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Galician:
dixitalizar
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
German:
digitalisieren
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Greek:
ψηφιοποιώ
(psifiopoió)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Hungarian:
digitalizál
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Italian:
digitalizzare
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Japanese:
電子化する
(denshika suru)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Japanese:
デジタル化する
(dejitaruka suru)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Japanese:
数値化する
(sūchika suru)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Macedonian:
дигитализира
(digitalizira)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Polish:
dygitalizować
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Polish:
zdygitalizować
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Portuguese:
digitalizar
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Romanian:
digitaliza
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Russian:
оцифро́вывать
(ocifróvyvatʹ)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Russian:
оцифрова́ть
(ocifrovátʹ)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Serbo-Croatian:
дигитализовати
(digitalizovati)
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Spanish:
digitalizar
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Spanish:
digitizar
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Swedish:
digitalisera
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
Vietnamese:
số hóa
— represent something as a sequence of binary digits
