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INTERNATIONALIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they internationalize ... he / she / it internationalizes
Past simple: internationalized
Past participle: internationalized
-ing form: internationalizing
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 "internationalize" 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 "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)