Devolvement — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈuːəlˌaɪzd/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪvˈɒlvmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪvˈɒlvmənt/

4 syllables Say it as /dˈuːəlˌaɪzd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

devolution

Word Forms

devolve

verb

pass on or delegate to another

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Dezentralisierung

die Delegation von Befugnissen (insbesondere von einer Zentralregierung an eine Regionalregierung)

🇫🇷French

décentralisation

la délégation de pouvoir (notamment d’un gouvernement central vers un gouvernement régional)

🇪🇸Spanish

devolución

la delegación de autoridad (especialmente de un gobierno central a un gobierno regional)

🇮🇹Italian

devoluzione

la delega di potere (soprattutto da un governo centrale a uno regionale)

🇳🇱Dutch

decentralisatie

de delegatie van bevoegdheden (vooral van een centrale naar een regionale overheid)

🇵🇹Portuguese

devolução

a delegação de autoridade (especialmente de um governo central para um governo regional)

🇷🇺Russian

передача полномочий

делегирование полномочий (особенно от центрального правительства к региональному)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हस्तांतरण

प्राधिकार का प्रत्यायोजन (विशेषकर केंद्र से क्षेत्रीय सरकार को)

🇧🇩Bengali

হস্তান্তর

কর্তৃত্বের প্রতিনিধি দল (বিশেষ করে কেন্দ্রীয় থেকে আঞ্চলিক সরকারের কাছে)

🇮🇳Tamil

பகிர்வு

அதிகாரப் பிரதிநிதித்துவம் (குறிப்பாக ஒரு மையத்திலிருந்து ஒரு பிராந்திய அரசாங்கத்திற்கு)

🇮🇳Telugu

అభివృద్ధి

అధికార ప్రతినిధి బృందం (ముఖ్యంగా కేంద్రం నుండి ప్రాంతీయ ప్రభుత్వానికి)

🇮🇳Marathi

हस्तांतरण

अधिकाराचे प्रतिनिधी मंडळ (विशेषत: केंद्राकडून प्रादेशिक सरकारकडे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિનિમય

સત્તાનું પ્રતિનિધિમંડળ (ખાસ કરીને કેન્દ્રથી પ્રાદેશિક સરકાર સુધી)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಂಚಿಕೆ

ಅಧಿಕಾರದ ನಿಯೋಗ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

വികസനം

അധികാരത്തിൻ്റെ പ്രതിനിധി സംഘം (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഒരു കേന്ദ്രത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഒരു പ്രാദേശിക സർക്കാരിലേക്ക്)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵੰਡ

ਅਥਾਰਟੀ ਦਾ ਵਫ਼ਦ (ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਤੋਂ ਖੇਤਰੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਤੱਕ)

🇵🇰Urdu

منتقلی

اتھارٹی کا وفد (خاص طور پر مرکزی سے علاقائی حکومت تک)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

权力下放

权力下放（特别是从中央政府到地方政府）

🇯🇵Japanese

発展

権限の委任（特に中央政府から地方政府へ）

🇰🇷Korean

양도

권한 위임(특히 중앙 정부에서 지방 정부로)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự phân quyền

sự ủy quyền (đặc biệt là từ trung ương đến chính quyền khu vực)

🇹🇭Thai

การพัฒนา

การมอบอำนาจ (โดยเฉพาะจากส่วนกลางไปจนถึงรัฐบาลส่วนภูมิภาค)

🇮🇩Indonesian

devolusi

pelimpahan wewenang (terutama dari pemerintah pusat ke daerah)

🇲🇾Malay

devolusi

pewakilan kuasa (terutamanya daripada pusat kepada kerajaan wilayah)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تفويض

تفويض السلطة (خاصة من الحكومة المركزية إلى الحكومة الإقليمية)

🇮🇷Persian

واگذاری

تفویض اختیار (به ویژه از یک دولت مرکزی به یک دولت منطقه ای)

🇹🇷Turkish

devretme

Yetki devri (özellikle merkezi hükümetten bölgesel hükümete)

🇮🇱Hebrew

הפיזור

האצלת סמכויות (במיוחד מממשלה מרכזית לאזורית)

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The primary meaning of 'devolvement' is 'the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)'.

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Using 'devolvement' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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