| VERB | change | nationalize, nationalise | put under state control or ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | nationalize, nationalise | make national in character or scope |
| Sounds | nae'shahnahlay.z; nae'shnahlay.z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | put under state control or ownership. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Mitterand nationalized the banks" | |
| Synonym | nationalise | |
| 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 | nationalization | changing something from private to state ownership or control |
| Meaning | make national in character or scope. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press" | |
| Synonym | nationalise | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Nouns | nationalization | the action of rendering national in character |
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