Decentralize — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make less central

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈɪʃbɔːɹd/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˈɛntɹəlˌaɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˈɛntɹəlˌaɪz/

4 syllables Say it as /dˈɪʃbɔːɹd/.

Examples

After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

decentralise deconcentrate

Antonyms

centralize centralise concentrate

Parts of Speech

verb	make less central “After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized”

Word Forms

decentralization	noun	the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts
decentralisation	noun	the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

dezentralisieren

weniger zentral machen

🇫🇷French

décentraliser

rendre moins central

🇪🇸Spanish

descentralizar

hacer menos central

🇮🇹Italian

decentrare

rendere meno centrale

🇳🇱Dutch

decentraliseren

minder centraal maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

descentralizar

tornar menos central

🇷🇺Russian

децентрализовать

сделать менее центральным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विकेन्द्रित करना

कम केंद्रीय बनाएं

🇧🇩Bengali

বিকেন্দ্রীকরণ

কম কেন্দ্রীয় করা

🇮🇳Tamil

பரவலாக்கம்

குறைவாக மையப்படுத்தவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

వికేంద్రీకరణ

తక్కువ కేంద్రంగా చేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

विकेंद्रीकरण

कमी मध्यवर्ती करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિકેન્દ્રીકરણ

ઓછા કેન્દ્રિય બનાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕರಣ

ಕಡಿಮೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വികേന്ദ്രീകരിക്കുക

കുറച്ച് കേന്ദ്രമാക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿਕੇਂਦਰੀਕਰਣ

ਘੱਟ ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਬਣਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

وکندریقرت

کم مرکزی بنائیں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

去中心化

减少中心化

🇯🇵Japanese

分散化する

中心性を薄める

🇰🇷Korean

분산화하다

덜 중심적이게 하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phân quyền

làm ít trung tâm hơn

🇹🇭Thai

กระจายอำนาจ

ทำให้มีศูนย์กลางน้อยลง

🇮🇩Indonesian

mendesentralisasikan

membuat kurang sentral

🇵🇭Filipino

desentralisado

gawing hindi gaanong sentral

🇲🇾Malay

desentralisasi

kurangkan pusat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

اللامركزية

جعل أقل مركزية

🇮🇷Persian

غیرمتمرکز کردن

کمتر مرکزی کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

merkezi olmayan hale getirmek

daha az merkezi hale getir

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְבַזֵר

להפוך לפחות מרכזי

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