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LIBERALISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they liberalise ... he / she / it liberalises
Past simple: liberalised
-ing form: liberalising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules
Synonyms:
liberalise; liberalize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "liberalise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
liberalise; liberalize (become more liberal)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liberalise"):
decontrol (relax or remove controls of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
liberalisation (the act of making less strict)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
The laws liberalized after Prohibition
Synonyms:
liberalise; liberalize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "liberalise" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
liberalise; liberalize (make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
liberalisation (the act of making less strict)