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to internationalize

to internationalize

1 6.5
To make something involve people from many countries
  • verb
  • /ˌɪntərˈnæʃənəlaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : internacionalizar
  • Ongoing attempts to internationalize Hong Kong's economic base and thus decrease its dependence on China have intensified since 1989.
  • attempt to internationalize
  • efforts to internationalize
  • internationalize its currency

Examples

  • The plan was to internationalize Brussels with tall buildings as the centre of the European market.

  • The United States is not yet ready to internationalize its successful domestic practice of free and fair competition.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Bringing about the fundamental changes necessary to internationalize the educational experience completely demands attention to issues of both product and process.

    Academic text (1990)
  • One might assume that as a country approaches great-power status, it will naturally attempt to internationalize its currency.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The work of IASA will support, complement, and internationalize ongoing efforts by regional, national, and multinational associations of American Studies.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The Japanese travel and tourism industries reflect contradictions between goals to internationalize and fears about vanishing Japanese cultural traditions.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Far from confirming the inevitability of the yuan's rise, China's uncertain effort to internationalize its currency has exposed the profound struggles that lie behind the country's larger push to transform its economic model.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The organization aims to internationalize its programs to benefit a larger audience worldwide.

  • Governments need to internationalize their trade policies to foster better global relations.

  • To remain competitive, the company decided to internationalize its operations across several continents.

Synonyms

to globalize
vsto internationalize
  • US
4 5.4

Make something known and used in many countries

make something involve multiple countries rather than the whole world

Antonyms

6 6.3

To make something part of a country's common culture or system

How Internationalized

to globalize
  • US
4 5.4
to internationalize
  • US
1 6.5

Surface Forms

internationalize infinitive
internationalized past participle
internationalised past participle
internationalizing present participle
internationalising present participle
internationalises third person singular

Morphology

internationalize = international (transparent) = inter + nation + al + ize

The verb is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ize' to the clear adjective 'international', yielding the meaning 'make X international'.

Etymology

Internationalize comes from inter- 'between', nation 'country', and the ending -ize 'to make'. So to internationalize something in business or education is to 'make it between countries' — to give it an international reach or involve many nations.