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decentralises

decentralises is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Questions about decentralises

What is decentralises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Decentralises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decentralise.

Words near decentralises in the dictionary

  1. decentralise
  2. decentralised
  3. decentralised planning
  4. decentraliser
  5. decentralisers
  6. decentralises
  7. decentralising
  8. decentralism
  9. decentralist
  10. decentralists
  11. decentralizable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decentralises (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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