Definition of "localize" []

• To make local: decentralize and localize political authority. (verb-transitive)
• To confine or restrict to a particular locality: localized the infection. (verb-transitive)
• To attribute to a particular locality: sought to localize the origin of the rumor. (verb-transitive)
• To become local, especially to become fixed in one area or part. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "We hear a lot about how Democrats have to "localize" the elections to have a chance of victory in November."
• ""Everyone else goes really big in late-night and we kind of localize it and just host a small little cocktail party at 11 p.m. and it's having great results.""
• "The problem with the "localize" message is that the Democrats will effectively argue that this candidate would be just "same old Republican.""