DECENTRALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they decentralize ... he / she / it decentralizes

Past simple: decentralized

Past participle: decentralized

-ing form: decentralizing

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 "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)