(transitive) To cause to change from being concentrated at one point or site to being distributed across several.
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(transitive) To reduce the authority of (a governing body) by distributing that authority among several bodies.
The government planned to decentralize power to local councils.
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(intransitive) To become decentralized.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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