Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several.

    decentralize operations

    dezentralisieren, entflechten, verteilen

    децентрализоватьdecentralizovatʹ

  2. (transitive)To reduce the authority of (a governing body) by distributing that authority among several bodies.

    decentralize authority

    decentralize decision-making

    dezentralisieren

    децентрализоватьdecentralizovatʹ

  3. (intransitive)To become decentralized.

  4. (US)To bring (a suspect) to the ground by use of directed force; to tackle.

More definitions
  • make less central

Examples

8 sentences
  1. A blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger.

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  2. Decentralized energy may make the widespread use of renewable energy a real possibility.

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  3. Algeria needs to decentralize planning.

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  4. We have to decentralize France.

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  5. A blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger where transactions are recorded, verified and become permanent and immutable.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
cause to change from being concentrated:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cause to change from being concentrated:

Forms

decentralizes, decentralizing, decentralized, decentralized
Base formdecentralize · to decentralize
3rd person singulardecentralizes
Present participledecentralizing
Past simpledecentralized
Past participledecentralized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydecentralize
he, she, itdecentralizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdecentralized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave decentralized
he, she, ithas decentralized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill decentralize

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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