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Webster 1913 Edition
Decentralize
De-cen′tral-ize
,Verb.
T.
to make less central; to prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); – esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs.
Definition 2024
decentralize
decentralize
English
Alternative forms
- decentralise (UK)
Verb
decentralize (third-person singular simple present decentralizes, present participle decentralizing, simple past and past participle decentralized)
- To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
- To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.
Translations
cause to change from being concentrated
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reduce the authority of a governing body
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