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INTERNATIONALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

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)

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