DIGITALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they digitalize ... he / she / it digitalizes

Past simple: digitalized

Past participle: digitalized

-ing form: digitalizing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

administer; dispense (give or apply (medications))

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

digitalis (a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove)

digitalization (the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put into digital form, as for use in a computer

Example:

he bought a device to digitize the data

Synonyms:

digitalise; digitalize; digitise; digitize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something