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INTERNATIONALISE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they internationalise ... he / she / it internationalises
Past simple: internationalised
Past participle: internationalised
-ing form: internationalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make international in character
Example:
We internationalized the committee
Synonyms:
internationalise; internationalize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "internationalise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Put under international control
Example:
internationalize trade of certain drugs
Synonyms:
internationalise; internationalize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "internationalise" is one way to...):
command; control (exercise authoritative control or power over)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
internationalisation (the act of bringing something under international control)