digitize

verb

dig·​i·​tize ˈdi-jə-ˌtīz 

digitized; digitizing

transitive verb

: to convert (something, such as data or an image) to digital form

digitizer

ˈdi-jə-ˌtī-zər 

noun

Examples of digitize in a Sentence

The record company digitized the songs and made them available on the Internet.

Recent Examples on the Web

Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices. —Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025

Simultaneous success The impact doesn’t stop there; after all, CAD is not the only phase of the manufacturing process that’s been digitized. —Lisa Caldwell, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

During the pandemic, Moïse close to 2,000 art objects from the Waterloo Center were digitized. —Jonel Juste, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025

Newby said there is no way to know how many uncatalogued gospel records are out there, but the team will keep digitizing them as long as donors keep sending them. —Molly-Jo Tilton, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for digitize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• agonize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize

Kids Definition

digitize

verb

dig·​i·​tize ˈdij-ə-ˌtīz 

digitized; digitizing

: to change (as data or an image) to digital form

digitizer noun