Judith Robertson knows a thing or two or three about transitions: She's one of a new breed of people in the investment management business who appear able to glide effortlessly from posting to posting in the globalized economy, making the transition from Toronto to Vancouver to San Francisco to London to San Francisco and back to Toronto.
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globalize — glo‧bal‧ize [ˈgləʊbəlaɪz ǁ ˈgloʊ ] also globalise verb [intransitive, transitive] COMMERCE if a company, industry, or economy globalizes or is globalized, it no longer depends on conditions in one country, but on conditions all over the world: •… … Financial and business terms
globalize — 1953, see GLOBALIZATION (Cf. globalization) … Etymology dictionary
globalize — [glō′bəl īz΄] vt. globalized, globalizing to make global; esp., to organize or establish worldwide … English World dictionary
globalize — UK [ˈɡləʊbəlaɪz] / US [ˈɡloʊbəˌlaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms globalize : present tense I/you/we/they globalize he/she/it globalizes present participle globalizing past tense globalized past participle globalized 1) to make something become… … English dictionary
globalize — globalization, n. /gloh beuh luyz /, v.t., globalized, globalizing. to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: efforts to globalize the auto industry. Also, esp. Brit., globalise. [1940 45; GLOBAL + IZE] * * * … Universalium
globalize — glob•al•ize [[t]ˈgloʊ bəˌlaɪz[/t]] v. t. ized, iz•ing cvb to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: to globalize the auto industry[/ex] • Etymology: 1940–45 glob al•i•za′tion, n … From formal English to slang
globalize — global ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to the whole world; worldwide. 2) relating to or embracing the whole of something, or of a group of things. 3) Computing operating or applying through the whole of a file or program. DERIVATIVES globalist noun… … English terms dictionary
globalize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1944 to make global; especially to make worldwide in scope or application … New Collegiate Dictionary
globalize — verb To make something global in scope. See Also: globalism, globalization … Wiktionary
globalize — glo|bal|ize also globalise BrE [ˈgləubəlaız US ˈglou ] v [I and T] if a company, industry, or ↑economy globalizes or is globalized, it has business activities all over the world … Dictionary of contemporary English
globalize — glob|al|ize [ gloubə,laız ] verb transitive 1. ) to make something become generally accepted all over the world 2. ) to make a business begin operating all over the world … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
