Decentralize (Verb)
Meaning
Make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- To promote local decision-making, the school board plans to decentralize its administrative functions to individual campuses.
- The government aims to decentralize its power by giving more autonomy to regional governments.
- Decentralizing the company's resources will allow its various departments to make decisions more efficiently.
- The city council voted to decentralize its public transportation system, giving individual neighborhoods more control.
- Efforts to decentralize the economy have led to the creation of smaller, community-run businesses.