internationalize

verb

To make something international; to involve multiple nations in.

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internationalise
Opposite
de-internationalizelocalizeregionalize
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Meanings

verbinternationalize (third-person singular simple present internationalizes, present participle internationalizing, simple past and past participle internationalized)

present singular third person internationalizes · participle present internationalizing · participle past internationalized · past internationalized · alternative internationalise

  1. ambitransitiveTo make something international; to involve multiple nations in.

    I must say there is something to be said, don't you agree darling, and I rather hope they'll internationalize the cosmic wireless and save us from some of this defatigating news.

    1947, Alan Patrick Herbert, Topsy Turvy, page 66

    Antonyms: de-internationalize, localize, regionalize

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make something international; to involve multiple nations in.

Opposite
de-internationalizelocalizeregionalize

More synonyms by meaning

verbput under international control

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internationalise
Broader
controlcommand

verbmake international in character

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internationalise
Broader
changealtermodify

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From international + -ize.

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Translations

Arabic دَوَّلَ
  • دَوَّلَ (dawwala)to make something international
Catalan internacionalitzar
  • internacionalitzarto make something international
Chinese Cantonese 國際化 /国际化
  • 國際化 /国际化 (gwok³ zai³ faa³)to make something international
Chinese Mandarin 國際化 /国际化
  • 國際化 /国际化 (guójìhuà)to make something international
Finnish kansainvälistää
  • kansainvälistääto make something international
French internationaliser
  • internationaliserto make something international
German internationalisieren
  • internationalisierento make something international
Greek διεθνοποιώ
  • διεθνοποιώ (diethnopoió)to make something international
Japanese 国際化
  • 国際化 (kokusaika)to make something international
Polish umiędzynarodowić
  • umiędzynarodowićto make something international
Portuguese internacionalizar
  • internacionalizarto make something international
Spanish internacionalizar
  • internacionalizarto make something international
Swedish internationalisera
  • internationaliserato make something international
Vietnamese quốc tế hoá
  • quốc tế hoáto make something international
Cite this entry
APA

internationalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internationalize

MLA

“internationalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internationalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “internationalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internationalize.

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