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deconcentrate

deconcentrate verb: to withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.

Verb

deconcentrate (third-person singular simple present deconcentrates, present participle deconcentrating, simple past and past participle deconcentrated)

  1. (transitive) To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.

Forms of deconcentrate

third-person singular presentdeconcentrates
present participledeconcentrating
past participledeconcentrated
pastdeconcentrated

Origin of deconcentrate

From de- + concentrate.

Questions about deconcentrate

What does deconcentrate mean?
Deconcentrate means to withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.
What part of speech is deconcentrate?
Deconcentrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deconcentrate?
The past tense of deconcentrate is deconcentrated.

Words near deconcentrate in the dictionary

  1. deconcatenated
  2. deconcatenates
  3. deconcatenating
  4. deconcatenation
  5. deconcatenations
  6. deconcentrate
  7. deconcentrated
  8. deconcentrates
  9. deconcentrating
  10. deconcentration
  11. deconcentrations

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