Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make international.
- transitive verb To put under international control.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make international; cause to affect the mutual relations of two or more countries: as, to
internationalize a war. - To bring or force (a weak country or territory) under the control or protection of several stronger nations. See
internationalism , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make international; to cause to affect the mutual relations of two or more nations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make something
international ; to involve multiplenations
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make international in character
- verb put under international control
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Examples
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A series of meet-ups, events, get-togethers, photo walks, field trips to what I like to call internationalize-meaning hanging out and collaborating with international people hanging out and collaborating to make media.
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At the recent ASEAN summit, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressured China to "internationalize" the multi-party territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
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China's harsh criticism, currently directed at the U.S., decries attempts to "internationalize" the South China Sea disputes.
Chinese Diplomacy Off Course Barry Wain 2010
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At the recent ASEAN summit, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressured China to "internationalize" the multi-party territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
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China's Foreign Ministry denounced those remarks as unwarranted American meddling and an attempt to "internationalize" a strictly regional problem.
Reining in China's Ambitions Daniel Blumenthal 2010
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Beijing, meanwhile, opposed any effort to "internationalize" the issue.
North Korea threatens nuclear response to U.S.-South Korea military exercises 2010
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It is not a good policy to "internationalize" bi-lateral border disputes or "militarize" the vicinities of other nation's territorial waters.
Fred Teng: Maritime Diplomacy Necessary for Cyber Security 2010
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China's foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, was not amused; Beijing opposed any effort to "internationalize" the issue.
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Out of parochial interests, the EU has been pressuring Ukraine to "internationalize" energy transportation.
Averting a Post-Orange Disaster: Constitutional Reforms and Political Stability in Ukraine 2009
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A further attempt to "internationalize" the Declaration's "right to life" came in 2005, when the World Summit at the United Nations embraced in its "Outcome Document" the principle of the "responsibility to protect."
The Only Way to Prevent Genocide Tod Lindberg 2009
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