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NATIONALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nationalise mean? 

NATIONALISE (verb)
  The verb NATIONALISE has 2 senses:

1. make national in character or scopeplay

2. put under state control or ownershipplay

  Familiarity information: NATIONALISE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NATIONALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they nationalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it nationalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: nationalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: nationalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: nationalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make national in character or scope

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

nationalise; nationalize

Context example:

His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press

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

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

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

nationalisation (the action of rendering national in character)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Put under state control or ownership

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

nationalise; nationalize

Context example:

Mitterand nationalized the banks

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

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

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

communise; communize (make into property owned by the state)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

denationalise (put under private control or ownership)

Derivation:

nationalisation (changing something from private to state ownership or control)


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