deconcentrate

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verb

To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.

Similar
decentralizedecentralise
Opposite
concentrate
OriginEnglish concentrate ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdeconcentrate (third-person singular simple present deconcentrates, present participle deconcentrating, simple past and past participle deconcentrated)

present singular third person deconcentrates · participle present deconcentrating · participle past deconcentrated · past deconcentrated

  1. transitiveTo withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake less central

Similar
decentralizedecentralise
Opposite
concentrate
Broader
changealtermodify
Also see
decentralisedecentralize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishconcentrate
  8. Englishdeconcentrate

From de- + concentrate.

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APA

deconcentrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deconcentrate

MLA

“deconcentrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deconcentrate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deconcentrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deconcentrate.

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