| VERB | change | nationalise, nationalize | make national in character or scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | nationalise, nationalize | put under state control or ownership |
| Meaning | make national in character or scope. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | nationalize | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Nouns | nationalisation | the action of rendering national in character |
| Meaning | put under state control or ownership. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | nationalize | |
| Narrower | communize, communise | make into property owned by the state |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | denationalize, denationalise | put under private control or ownership |
| Spanish | nacionalizar | |
| Catalan | nacionalitzar | |
| Nouns | nationalisation | changing something from private to state ownership or control |
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