decentralise
/di:'sentrəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (decentralise) /di:'sentrəlaiz/
Definition
- Verb:
- To distribute administrative functions or powers away from a central authority: The primary meaning refers to the process of transferring decision-making, control, or operational activities from a single, central location or group to multiple, local, or regional entities.
- To make less concentrated or centralized: This describes the act of dispersing or spreading out functions, authority, or organization to reduce central control.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- The government decided to decentralise the education system, giving more power to local school boards.
- To improve efficiency, the company plans to decentralise its management structure.
- After the revolution, food distribution was decentralised to prevent shortages in remote areas.
Advanced Usage
- "to decentralise power/authority": This common collocation specifies the transfer of political or administrative control.
- The new constitution aimed to decentralise power to the provincial governments.
- "to decentralise decision-making": This phrase highlights the dispersal of the process of making choices.
- The CEO wanted to decentralise decision-making to empower middle managers.
Variants and Related Words
- Decentralization (n): The process or policy of decentralising.
- The decentralization of the healthcare system was a major reform.
- Decentralised (adj): Describing something that has undergone decentralisation.
- They operate under a decentralised model with autonomous regional offices.
- Centralise (v): The opposite action; to bring under central control.
Synonyms
- Devolution: The statutory delegation of powers from a central government to a regional level.
- Disperse: To distribute or spread over a wide area (can be used in a similar organizational context).
- Delegate: To entrust (authority or tasks) to another person, often lower in rank.
Antonyms
- Centralise: To concentrate control or authority in a single central place.
- Consolidate: To combine into a single, more effective whole; to strengthen central control.
Verb
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make less central
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After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized
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