uberize

English

Alternative forms

• uberise

Etymology

From the brand of the company Uber, which disrupted the taxicab industry by creating a business model allowing private drivers to be paid for providing a similar service, +‎ -ize.

Verb

uberize (third-person singular simple present uberizes, present participle uberizing, simple past and past participle uberized)

1. (economics) To introduce a platform to an existing market or industry that provides direct transactions between sellers and buyers, often using mobile technology.
   • 2017, Loick Menvielle, The Digitization of Healthcare: New Challenges and Opportunities:

     Participate in any of today's industry conferences or university business courses, and you will likely hear at least one individual who affirms that they have invented, or conceptually designed, a platform that will “uberize” industry X, Y, or Z.

   • 2018 December 14, “New gangs 'Uberise' Europe's cocaine supply and bring more violence”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     New gangs ‘Uberise’ Europe's cocaine supply and bring more violence [title]

   • 2021, Antoine Masson, Gavin Robinson, editors, Mapping Legal Innovation: Trends and Perspectives, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 65:

     To be active in the twenty-first century revolution and avoid being “Uberized”, lawyers must revolutionize their thinking modes and practices to have the capacity to innovate.

Derived terms

• uberization

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: uberitzar
• French: ubériser (fr), uberifier (fr)
• Galician: uberizar
• German: uberisieren
• Italian: uberizzare
• Portuguese: uberizar
• Spanish: uberizar

Galician

Verb

uberize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of uberizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

uberize

1. inflection of uberizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative