Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make something international in character or scope: This involves adapting or extending something so that it operates, is recognized, or becomes relevant across multiple nations.
   • To bring under international control or regulation: This refers to placing something under the authority, rules, or management of an international body or agreement.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • The company decided to internationalise its brand by launching products in over fifty countries. (They expanded the brand's presence globally.)
  • A key goal of the treaty was to internationalise the management of the polar regions. (The aim was to place the regions under shared international governance.)
  • The university aims to internationalise its curriculum by including more global perspectives. (They are modifying the curriculum to have an international character.)

Advanced Usage

• "To internationalise a conflict": To involve other countries or international organizations in a dispute, often to seek mediation or a broader solution.
  • The UN's attempt to internationalise the border dispute helped prevent further escalation.
• "To internationalise a standard": To adapt a local or national standard so it is accepted and used internationally.
  • The committee worked to internationalise the safety protocols for aviation.

Variants and Related Words

• Internationalisation (noun, chiefly British English): The process or result of making something international.
  • The internationalisation of the software required translating it into many languages.
• Internationalize (verb, chiefly American English): An alternative spelling of 'internationalise'.
• International (adjective): Existing, occurring, or carried on between nations.

Synonyms

• Globalize: To develop or be developed so as to make possible international influence or operation. (Note: 'globalize' often implies a more comprehensive, worldwide scale.)
• Universalize: To make something universal, applicable to all cases or to the whole world.

Antonyms

• Localize: To restrict something to a particular place or area.
• Nationalize: To bring under the ownership or control of a nation's government.

Related Phrases and Contexts

• "Internationalise a market": To open up a domestic market to foreign trade, investment, or competition.
  • Policies were introduced to internationalise the financial market.
• "Internationalise a problem": To present an issue as a concern for the international community rather than just a domestic one.
  • By appealing to the UN, they sought to internationalise the humanitarian crisis.

Verb

1. make international in character
   • We internationalized the committee
2. put under international control
   • internationalize trade of certain drugs