internationalized

Spread across nations

Internationalized means adapted for use across different countries, languages, or cultures.

Software that has been internationalized can display text in multiple languages and handle local conventions for dates, currencies, and measurements: The app was internationalized before its European launch.

More broadly, something internationalized has been opened to participation or oversight by multiple nations: an internationalized peacekeeping force.

business

multinational

Operating across multiple countries

subsidiaries · expansion · trade · commerce · supply chain · tariffs · free trade · outsourcing · foreign investment · export

cultural

multicultural

Including multiple ethnic traditions

cosmopolitan · intercultural · heritage · traditions · customs · festivals · cuisine · bilingualism · polyglot · multilingual

software

localization

Adapting for specific markets

language support · time zones · right-to-left · globalization · ICU · UTF-8

political

treaties

Formal agreements between states

United Nations · sanctions · territorial · extraterritorial · maritime law · airspace · neutral · peacekeeping · allied · coalition

Opposites
geographic scope

internationalizedlocalized

Restricted to one place

domestic · local · national · provincial · insular

process direction

internationalizednationalized

Made government property

repatriated · renationalized · isolationist · localized · protectionist

Family

internationalize, internationalizes, internationalizing, internationalization

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G