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localized

adj · verb · 5 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.

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adj

Meaning 1

Limited to a particular area; in a local vicinity only.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It's a localized phenomenon: it only happens around non-sceptics.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having undergone localization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a localized computer program

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of localize

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

made local or oriented locally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a decentralized and localized political authority

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: localised

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

confined or restricted to a particular location

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the localized infection formed a definite abscess

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: localised

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Real reading context

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