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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Countries are also introducing measures to further internationalize their own currencies.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
The deal comes less than a year after New Zealand became the first country from outside of the European region to join Horizon Europe, as the European Union seeks to internationalize the program.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 24, 2024
He was oddly sanguine that in spite of everything, the Europeans would cooperate in crucial efforts to internationalize the detainee problem and remove it from the twisted matrix of U.S.-Iran relations.
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2018
With three successive non-Italian popes, Navarro-Valls helped lead a quiet revolution to internationalize the Vatican.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2017
You must widen and internationalize, without pause or limit, all which permits of it.
From Light by Wray, Fitzwater
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