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decentralised

decentralised is the simple past and past participle of decentralise.

Meaning of decentralise

Verb

decentralise (third-person singular simple present decentralises, present participle decentralising, simple past and past participle decentralised)

  1. (UK) To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
  2. To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.

Phrases with decentralised

Questions about decentralised

What is decentralised the simple past and past participle of?
Decentralised is the simple past and past participle of decentralise.

Words near decentralised in the dictionary

  1. decentralisation
  2. decentralisationist
  3. decentralisationists
  4. decentralisations
  5. decentralise
  6. decentralised
  7. decentralised planning
  8. decentraliser
  9. decentralisers
  10. decentralises
  11. decentralising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decentralised (page history and authors); decentralise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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