nationalize

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz/ UK /ˈnæʃənəlaɪz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to transfer an industry or asset from private to state ownership

The government voted to nationalize the failing railway network.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to transfer an industry or... socializecommunalizeexpropriatecollectivizemunicipalize

Opposites

privatizedenationalize

Word family

Derived forms nationalizationnationalized

Related forms nation national nationalism

Etymology

From national (from Latin nationalis, from natio, 'nation', from nasci, 'to be born') plus the verb-forming suffix -ize.

natio Latin nasci Latin

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# nationalize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈnæʃənəˌlaɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈnæʃənəlaɪz/

## Meanings
1. to transfer an industry or asset from private to state ownership

## Examples
- The government voted to nationalize the failing railway network.

## Synonyms
- socialize
- communalize
- expropriate
- collectivize
- municipalize

## Antonyms
- privatize
- denationalize

## Derived Forms
- nationalization
- nationalized

## Related Forms
- nation
- national
- nationalism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: natio
- Root: nasci

## Etymology
From national (from Latin nationalis, from natio, 'nation', from nasci, 'to be born') plus the verb-forming suffix -ize.

## AI Etymology
Nationalize comes from national (from Latin nationalis, from natio, 'nation', from nasci, 'to be born') plus the verb-forming suffix -ize. The etymological trail includes Latin natio, Latin nasci. The same word family includes nationalization, nationalized, nation, national, nationalism. Its current verb use means "to transfer an industry or asset from private to state ownership".

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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