decentralize
English
Alternative forms
- decentralise (UK)
Etymology
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From de- + centralize.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /diːˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /diˈsɛntɹəˌlaɪz/
- (Australia) IPA(key): /diːˈsentɹəlɑez/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /diːˈsentɹəlaɪz/, [diːˈsentɹəlɑe̯z]
Verb
decentralize (third-person singular simple present decentralizes, present participle decentralizing, simple past and past participle decentralized)
- (transitive) To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several.
- decentralize operations
- (transitive) To reduce the authority of (a governing body) by distributing that authority among several bodies.
- decentralize authority
- decentralize decision-making
- The government planned to decentralize power to local councils.
- (intransitive) To become decentralized.
- (US, law enforcement) To bring (a suspect) to the ground by use of directed force; to tackle.
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Translations
cause to change from being concentrated
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reduce the authority of a governing body
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