- decentralize⇄decentralize, verb, -ized,-izing.
- decentralize⇄v.i. to become decentralized; undergo decentralization.
Ex. Failure of the ... regime to decentralize has resulted in continued high costs and low productivity (Richard A. Pierce). - decentralize⇄v.t. 1. to spread or distribute (authority or power) among more groups or local governments.
Ex. He ... emphasized in a speech published here today that the [Russian] decentralized system of agricultural planning was to take effect immediately (New