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DECENTRALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decentralise mean? 

DECENTRALISE (verb)
  The verb DECENTRALISE has 1 sense:

1. make less centralplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DECENTRALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they decentralise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it decentralises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: decentralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: decentralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: decentralising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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 "decentralise" is one way to...):

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

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

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

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

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


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