digitize
verb
dig·i·tize
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digitized;
digitizing
Definition of digitize
: to convert (something, such as data or an image) to digital form
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Other Words from digitize
digitizer
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noun
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Examples of digitize in a Sentence
The record company digitized the songs and made them available on the Internet.
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The show is part of an ongoing effort at the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center at Cal State Northridge to digitize their photographic collection, which places an emphasis on underrepresented communities. — Los Angeles Times, "Datebook: A painter slyly picks apart the tropes through which women are seen," 5 Sep. 2019 Now, an elite team of film archivists here is working to conserve them as part of a years-long government program that aims to digitize about a century’s worth of Afghan documentaries and films over the next six months. — Siobhán O'grady, Washington Post, "The Taliban decimated Afghanistan’s film industry. This is what survived.," 27 Aug. 2019 The curator of the Port Deposit Heritage Museum in the Paw Building is offering to digitize old photos in order to save them. — Joanne Bierly, baltimoresun.com, "Port Deposit: Heritage Museum curator offering to digitize old photos," 16 Aug. 2019 New Mexico Las Cruces: The city will be able to digitize its permanent museum collection with the help of a $50,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation American Art Program. — USA TODAY, "Emoji house, Saharan dust, turtle crossing: News from around our 50 states," 8 Aug. 2019 The Inside’s mission is to digitize decorating by pairing great design with a frictionless customer experience. — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, "The Inside’s First-Ever Sofa Collection is a Pattern-Punched Dreamland," 5 Aug. 2019 The museum, however, has recently embarked on an effort to digitize the thousands of documents in the museum's archives so that they can be consumed by the public. — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al.com, "Rocket center to recreate von Braun’s Marshall office, including desk with secret signature," 6 July 2019 Fear of recall = Not many new taxes The budget includes a plan to impose a fee—that still needs to be voted on—of no more than 80 cents a month on each telephone line to help digitize the state’s 911 system, which is still analog. — Laurel Rosenhall, The Mercury News, "California just passed a $215 billion budget. Here’s what’s between the lines.," 14 June 2019 The Copyright Office is also working on a new public record database to digitize all of its information so that the paper archives and the current digital database are all in one system. — Ed Christman, Billboard, "AIMP Indie Music Publishing Summit Addresses MMA Funding With Dealmaking's Behind-the-Scenes Details," 12 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'digitize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for digitize
digitize
verb
English Language Learners Definition of digitize
: to change (information or pictures) to digital form
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