Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To unite into a federation.

  2. (transitive)To bring under federal control.

    put under the control and authority of a federal government

  3. (transitive)To change (a unitary state) into a federation.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Does Algeria need a federalized government?

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

federalizes, federalizing, federalized, federalized
Base formfederalize · to federalize
3rd person singularfederalizes
Present participlefederalizing
Past simplefederalized
Past participlefederalized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfederalize
he, she, itfederalizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfederalized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill federalize

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • put under the control and authority of a federal government:federalise
  • unite on a federal basis or band together as a league:federatefederalise
  • enter into a league for a common purpose:federatefederalise

Antonyms

1 antonyms
defederalize

Word family

4 related words
Relatedfederalization
Derivedfederalizablerefederalizeunfederalized

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fecesfecklessfederalB2federationfedorafeds

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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