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DECENTRALISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make less central

Example:

After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized

Synonyms:

decentralise; decentralize; deconcentrate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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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