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nationalize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb nationalize has 2 senses
- nationalize(v = verb.change) nationalise - put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks" is one way to alter, change, modify
- nationalize(v = verb.change) nationalise - make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press" is one way to alter, change, modify
Antonym: denationalize
Derived form noun nationalization3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun nationalization2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
nationalize, v. t. [Cf. F. nationaliser.].
- To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation. [1913 Webster]
- To change ownership of (a business, a property) from private ownership to state ownership or control; as, to nationalize the steel industry. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nationalize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 take over (railways, coal-mines, the steel industry, land, etc.) from private ownership on behalf of the State.
2 a make national. b make into a nation.
3 naturalize (a foreigner).
1 take over (railways, coal-mines, the steel industry, land, etc.) from private ownership on behalf of the State.
2 a make national. b make into a nation.
3 naturalize (a foreigner).
Derivative
nationalization n. nationalizer n.
Etymology
F nationaliser (as NATIONAL)
THESAURUS
nationalize
annex, attach, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, democratize, distrain, expropriate, garnish, impound, impress, levy, politicize, press, replevin, replevy, republicanize, sequester, sequestrate, socialize
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