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decentralize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /diːˈsentɹəlaɪz/ (New-Zealand)
• /diːˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /diːˈsentɹəlɑez/ (Australia)
• [diːˈsentɹəlɑe̯z] (New-Zealand)
• (US) audio
• /diˈsɛntɹəˌlaɪz/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English centralize English decentralize From de- + centralize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several.
   • decentralize operations
2. (transitive) To reduce the authority of (a governing body) by distributing that authority among several bodies.
   • decentralize decision-making
   • decentralize authority
   • The government planned to decentralize power to local councils.
3. (intransitive) To become decentralized.
4. (US) To bring (a suspect) to the ground by use of directed force; to tackle.

Forms

Antonyms

recentralize

Deriveds

decentralizer · decentralizable

Relateds

decentralization

Translations (37)

es descentralizar (reduce the authority of a governing body) · fr décentraliser (reduce the authority of a governing body) · fr décentraliser (cause to change from being concentrated) · pt descentralizar (reduce the authority of a governing body) · fi hajauttaa (reduce the authority of a governing body) · fi hajasijoittaa (reduce the authority of a governing body) · sv decentralisera (cause to change from being concentrated) · de dezentralisieren (cause to change from being concentrated) · nl decentraliseren (cause to change from being concentrated) · ca descentralitzar (cause to change from being concentrated) · pt descentralizar (cause to change from being concentrated) · cs decentralizovat (cause to change from being concentrated) · it decentralizzare (reduce the authority of a governing body) · de entflechten (cause to change from being concentrated) · se desentraliseret (cause to change from being concentrated) · nl decentraliseren (reduce the authority of a governing body) · gl descentralizar (reduce the authority of a governing body) · se desentraliseret (reduce the authority of a governing body) · sv decentralisera (reduce the authority of a governing body) · mk децентрализира (cause to change from being concentrated) · es descentralizar (cause to change from being concentrated) · ca descentralitzar (reduce the authority of a governing body) · it decentralizzare (cause to change from being concentrated) · gl descentralizar (cause to change from being concentrated) · az mərkəzsizləşdirmək (cause to change from being concentrated) · oc descentralizar (reduce the authority of a governing body) · de dezentralisieren (reduce the authority of a governing body) · ru децентрализовать (reduce the authority of a governing body) · fi hajauttaa (cause to change from being concentrated) · ru децентрализовать (cause to change from being concentrated) · mk децентрализира (reduce the authority of a governing body) · de verteilen (cause to change from being concentrated) · az mərkəzsizləşdirmək (reduce the authority of a governing body) · de zerstreuen (cause to change from being concentrated) · oc descentralizar (cause to change from being concentrated) · cs decentralizovat (reduce the authority of a governing body) · fi hajasijoittaa (cause to change from being concentrated)