decentralise (English, verb)
expansion: decentralise (third-person singular simple present decentralises, present participle decentralising, simple past and past participle decentralised)
Senses:
glosses: To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
tags: UK
glosses: To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.
Forms:
form: decentralises
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: decentralising
tags: participle
present
form: decentralised
tags: participle
past
form: decentralised
tags: past
form: decentralize
tags: alternative