DECENTRALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decentralize mean? 

• DECENTRALIZE (verb)
  The verb DECENTRALIZE has 1 sense:

1. make less central

  Familiarity information: DECENTRALIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECENTRALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they decentralize    ... he / she / it decentralizes   
Past simple: decentralized   
Past participle: decentralized   
-ing form: decentralizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make less central

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

decentralise; decentralize; deconcentrate

Context example:

After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized

Hypernyms (to "decentralize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decentralize"):

federalise; federalize (put under the control and authority of a federal government)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

centralise; centralize (make central)

Derivation:

decentralization (the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments)

decentralization (the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts)

 Context examples 

A worldwide, decentralized network of computer networks connecting individuals and organizations to information and electronic mail services.

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