INTERNATIONALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internationalize mean? 

• INTERNATIONALIZE (verb)
  The verb INTERNATIONALIZE has 2 senses:

1. put under international control

2. make international in character

  Familiarity information: INTERNATIONALIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNATIONALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they internationalize    ... he / she / it internationalizes   
Past simple: internationalized   
Past participle: internationalized   
-ing form: internationalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put under international control

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

internationalise; internationalize

Context example:

internationalize trade of certain drugs

Hypernyms (to "internationalize" is one way to...):

command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

internationalization (the act of bringing something under international control)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make international in character

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

internationalise; internationalize

Context example:

We internationalized the committee

Hypernyms (to "internationalize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something