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nationalize
[ nash-uh-nl-ahyz, nash-nuh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land:
a movement to nationalize the oil industry.
- to make into a nation.
- to naturalize.
- to make national in extent or scope:
a magazine article that nationalized a local problem.
verb (used without object)
- to become nationalized or naturalized:
Those who remain in the country must nationalize.
nationalize
/ ˈnæʃnə-; ˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz /
verb
- to put (an industry, resources, etc) under state control or ownership
- to make national in scope, character, or status
- a less common word for naturalize
Derived Forms
- ˌԲپDzԲˈپDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ԲtDz···tDz noun
- ԲtDz··e noun
- anti·ԲtDz···tDz adjective
- ԴDzn·پDz···tDz noun
- over·ԲtDz···tDz noun
- v·ԲtDz·· verb (used with object) overnationalized overnationalizing
- re·ԲtDz···tDz noun
- ·ԲtDz·· verb renationalized renationalizing
- i·ԲtDz·· adjective
- ܲ·ԲtDz·· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of nationalize1
Example Sentences
Yes, rural Americans are increasingly voting in lock-step with one another; the bloc is “nationalized” as we like to say.
“Sure enough, we left there, and several years later, a dictator came in … and he nationalized the oil industry,” Luskin recalled.
The tumult demonstrates how important state attorneys general have become as they’ve taken on increasingly nationalized roles in addition to using the positions as springboards to run for governor or U.S.
How that case plays out — and how many of those 12 teams eventually jump on board with MLB’s “nationalize” plans on MLB Network — will help determine the future of the Mariners’ local media rights.
They talk about seizing white-owned land and nationalizing mines and banks.
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