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internationalise

internationalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of internationalize.

Meaning of internationalize

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To 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

Forms of internationalise

third-person singular presentinternationalises
present participleinternationalising
past participleinternationalised
pastinternationalised
alternative forminternationalize

Origin of internationalise

From international + -ise.

Words formed from internationalise

Questions about internationalise

What is internationalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Internationalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of internationalize.

Words near internationalise in the dictionary

  1. International Women's Day
  2. International Working Women's Day
  3. Internationale
  4. internationalisation
  5. internationalisations
  6. internationalise
  7. internationalised
  8. internationalises
  9. internationalising
  10. internationalism
  11. internationalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: internationalise (page history and authors); internationalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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