internationalize

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inter|na|tion|al|ize /'ɪntərn'æʃənəlaɪz/ (internationalizes internationalizing internationalized)
in BRIT, also use internationalise
[VERB] be V-ed, V n
If an issue or a crisis is internationalized, it becomes the concern of many nations throughout the world. (JOURNALISM)
A very real danger exists of the conflict becoming internationalised...
They have been trying to internationalise the Kashmir problem.
● internationalization [N-UNCOUNT]
...the increasing internationalization of business.

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