decentralize (English, verb)
expansion: decentralize (third-person singular simple present decentralizes, present participle decentralizing, simple past and past participle decentralized)
Senses:
glosses: To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several.
tags: transitive
glosses: To reduce the authority of (a governing body) by distributing that authority among several bodies.
tags: transitive
glosses: To become decentralized.
tags: intransitive
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: To bring (a suspect) to the ground by use of directed force; to tackle.
tags: US
Forms:
form: decentralizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: decentralizing
tags: participle
present
form: decentralized
tags: participle
past
form: decentralized
tags: past
form: decentralise
tags: alternative