globalizes
Makes universally available
Globalizes is the third-person singular of globalize, meaning to extend or operate on a worldwide scale.
Companies globalize by expanding into international markets.
Industries globalize when production and distribution span multiple countries: As manufacturing globalizes, supply chains grow increasingly complex.
The process often sparks debate about cultural homogenization and economic inequality.
Mutual joining of parts
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- integrationCombining into a whole
- harmonizationCreating consistency across systems
convergence · linkage · communication · internet · digital · telecommunications · supply-chain · transportation
Making things the same
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- AmericanizationAdopting US cultural norms
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
cuisine · media · brands · fashion · music · Hollywood · McDonald's · hybridization
Exchange of commodities
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- exportForeign-bound sale
- importObtain from overseas
- marketVenue for trade
capitalism · investment · finance · corporation · outsourcing · tariff · supply-chain · commerce
Wide distribution of information
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- transmissionSending of information
- distributionAllocation across recipients
circulation · propagation · migration · expansion · reach · permeation · contagion · pandemic
interconnection
Mutual joining of parts
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- integrationCombining into a whole
harmonization · convergence · linkage · communication · internet · digital · telecommunications · supply-chain · transportation · logistics
homogenization
Making things the same
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- AmericanizationAdopting US cultural norms
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
cosmopolitan · cuisine · media · brands · fashion · music · Hollywood · McDonald's · hybridization · traditions
trade
Exchange of commodities
- multinationalOperating across multiple countries
- exportForeign-bound sale
- importObtain from overseas
market · capitalism · investment · finance · corporation · outsourcing · tariff · supply-chain · commerce · deregulation
dissemination
Wide distribution of information
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- transmissionSending of information
distribution · circulation · propagation · migration · expansion · reach · permeation · contagion · pandemic · broadcasting
globalizeslocalizes
Fixes in place
regionalizes · nationalizes · particularizes · narrows · confines
globalizesfragments
Incomplete broken pieces
balkanizes · segregates · partitions · divides · splinters
- economic globalizationCross-border financial integration
globalization, globalize, globalized, globalizing, antiglobalization