"decentralise" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /diːˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/ [UK] Audio: en-us-decentralize.ogg [US] Forms: decentralises [present, singular, third-person], decentralising [participle, present], decentralised [participle, past], decentralised [past]
Etymology: de- + centralise Etymology templates: {{af|en|de-|centralise}} de- + centralise Head templates: {{en-verb}} decentralise (third-person singular simple present decentralises, present participle decentralising, simple past and past participle decentralised)
  1. (British spelling) To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-decentralise-en-verb-26XaYAp2 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 59 41
  2. To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.
    Sense id: en-decentralise-en-verb-wXbj6SO2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: decentralize [US] Derived forms: decentralisation

Inflected forms

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