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globalise

globalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of globalize.

Meaning of globalize

Verb

globalize (third-person singular simple present globalizes, present participle globalizing, simple past and past participle globalized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To internationalize to a worldwide or near-worldwide degree.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To generalize to a comprehensive or even exhaustive degree.

Forms of globalise

third-person singular presentglobalises
present participleglobalising
past participleglobalised
pastglobalised
alternative USglobalize

Origin of globalise

Back-formation from globalisation, equivalent to global + -ise.

Questions about globalise

What is globalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Globalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of globalize.

Words near globalise in the dictionary

  1. globalisation
  2. globalisationism
  3. globalisationist
  4. globalisationists
  5. globalisations
  6. globalise
  7. globalised
  8. globalises
  9. globalising
  10. globalism
  11. globalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: globalise (page history and authors); globalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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