internationalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make international, as in scope or character.
a local conflict that was internationalized into a major war.
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to place or bring under international control.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to make international
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to put under international control
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of internationalize
First recorded in 1860–65; international + -ize
Example Sentences
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The academy met its initial post-#OscarsSoWhite diversity targets several years ago but has continued to expand and internationalize its membership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Countries are also introducing measures to further internationalize their own currencies.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
Chang’e-6 is carrying payloads from France, Italy, Sweden, and Pakistan, evidence that China continues to internationalize its space program.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 23, 2024
Hammer’s appointment “is a conscious step taken by the board in order to further internationalize the Salzburg Festival,” Wilfried Haslauer Jr., the region’s governor, said in a statement.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
Internationalization and Localization "Towards communicating on the Internet in any language…" Babel is an Alis Technologies/ Internet Society joint project to internationalize the Internet.
From Multilingualism on the Web by Marie Lebert
“There’s a kind of sense of local accountability, and as news becomes nationalized and even internationalized, there’s a loss there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
Despite some demographic unevenness, Korean food in general is becoming more internationalized.
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
“China welcomes foreign companies to invest and do business in China. We are committed to building an internationalized, market-oriented and law-based business environment,” said Mao Ning.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
That hybrid model, which she called “an internationalized national court,” triggered criticism from some human rights lawyers.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
This quaint, distinctive social culture has been, or is now being, engulfed by the rising tide of intensely modern internationalized material development.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
As a Shanghai official in the early 2010s, he helped design a pilot program allowing foreign private-equity firms to raise yuan-denominated funds in the city—an early and closely watched experiment in internationalizing China’s currency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Ray and Cruz were one of salsa’s most successful internationalizing forces, spreading the promise of its sound to countries like Colombia, in particular.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
“Then there was the internationalizing of Black Friday as websites got bigger and bigger and more influential.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2020
“My father was a pioneer in internationalizing the Chinese shipbuilding market, and it has been over 30 years that he has continuously ordered ships in China.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2019
Thus the tendency is ever more strongly marked toward the internationalizing, the fraternizing of all peoples.
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
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