LIBERALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liberalise mean? 

• LIBERALISE (verb)
  The verb LIBERALISE has 2 senses:

1. become more liberal

2. make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules

  Familiarity information: LIBERALISE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIBERALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they liberalise    ... he / she / it liberalises   
Past simple: liberalised   
Past participle: liberalised   
-ing form: liberalising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become more liberal

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

liberalise; liberalize

Context example:

The laws liberalized after Prohibition

Hypernyms (to "liberalise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

liberalise; liberalize (make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

liberalisation (the act of making less strict)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

liberalise; liberalize

Hypernyms (to "liberalise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

liberalise; liberalize (become more liberal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "liberalise"):

decontrol (relax or remove controls of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

liberalisation (the act of making less strict)