nationalize

tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

1. To convert from private to governmental ownership and control: nationalize the steel industry.
2. 1. To make national in character, scope, or notoriety: "His high profile on such issues as abortion . . . has already begun to nationalize his image" (Kenneth L. Woodward).
   2. To render distinctively national: characteristics and issues that have tended to nationalize American political life.

nationalization na'tion·al·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
nationalizer na'tion·al·iz'er n.

verb

To place under government or group ownership or control: communalize, socialize. See politics, specific/general.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: put under state control or ownership
  Synonym: nationalise
  Antonym: denationalize (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: make national in character or scope
  Synonym: nationalise

---

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - nationalisere, gøre til statseje

Nederlands (Dutch)
nationaliseren, tot staatseigendom maken, naturaliseren, tot natie maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - nationaliser

Deutsch (German)
v. - nationalisieren, verstaatlichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εθνικοποιώ, κρατικοποιώ

Italiano (Italian)
nazionalizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - nacionalizar, naturalizar

Русский (Russian)
национализировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - nacionalizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förstatliga, nationalisera, socialisera, naturalisera, göra till självständig stat

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使归化, 使成国家, 使国有化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使歸化, 使成國家, 使國有化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 국민화 하다, 국유화하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 国有化する, 全国的にする, 国家的にする, 独立国家とする, 帰化させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعلهم امه, يجنس, يؤمم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הלאים, עשה לעם, נתן אזרחות (לזר)‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.