nationalizena‧tion‧al‧ize (also nationalise British English) /ˈnæʃənəlaɪz/ verb [transitive] 
The British government nationalized the railways in 1948. a nationalised industry—nationalization /ˌnæʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -nələ-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
VERB TABLE
nationalize
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | nationalize |
| he, she, it | nationalizes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | nationalized |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have nationalized |
| he, she, it | has nationalized | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had nationalized |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will nationalize |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have nationalized |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am nationalizing |
| he, she, it | is nationalizing | |
| you, we, they | are nationalizing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was nationalizing |
| you, we, they | were nationalizing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been nationalizing |
| he, she, it | has been nationalizing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been nationalizing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be nationalizing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been nationalizing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Castro speeded up his land reforms and began to nationalize foreign holdings in Cuba.
- Mexico's vast oil reserves were nationalized in 1938.
- The mines were nationalized by the Labour Party.
- But, in retrospect, perhaps I overstated the case by proposing that we nationalize the banks.
- Education and health, as well as land, were immediately nationalized.
- In 1956 Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
- In nineteen ninety four uh it was almost like a mini presidential election, it was the first nationalized congressional election.
- Their fundamental concern is the maintenance and expansion of their own material privileges on the basis of nationalized property.
- This change in status is implicit in discussions of whether the U. S. Government had the constitutional power to nationalize leprosy.
Longman Language Activatorowned or paid for by the government
public libraries, hospitals etc are provided and paid for by the government, not by private companies: · You can get the information from your local public library· We need to raise taxes to pay for better public healthcare.public services: · garbage collection and other public servicespublic spending/expenditure (=money spent by the government to provide public services): · There's been a big increase in public spending over the past three years.the public sector (=all the industries and services that are owned or paid for by the government): · I've worked in the public sector all my life, mainly in local government.· public sector employees
owned, controlled, or paid for by the government. In the US state usually refers to the government of a particular state , not the national government: · The government has promised increased spending on the the state education system.· China's state radio station· Britain's state aid for industry generally falls far short of the sums seen in other countries.
provided, paid for, or run by the government: · How much government money is to be poured into this program?· The camps have been attacked several times by government forces.· The industry secretary has just announced a government initiative to address the problem.
owned or paid for by the national government of the US or a country organized in a similar way: · Federal funding for the project was cut last year· federal agencies· the Federal Bureau of Investigation
also nationalise British if a government nationalizes an industry or service, it buys it or takes control of it: · The mines were nationalized by the Labour Party.· Castro speeded up his land reforms and began to nationalize foreign holdings in Cuba.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY a nationalised industryCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a nationalised industry (=make it owned by the state)· The rail industry was nationalized in the 1950s, with disastrous results.
WORD FAMILYnounnationnationalmultinationalnationalismnationalistnationalitynationalizationnationhoodinternationalinternationalisminternationalistinternationalizationadjectivenationalinternationalmultinationalnationalistnationalisticnationalizedinternationalistverbnationalizeinternationalizeadverbnationallyinternationally
if a government nationalizes a very large industry such as water, gas, or the railways, it buys it or takes control of it: The British government nationalized the railways in 1948. a nationalised industry—nationalization /ˌnæʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -nələ-/ noun [countable, uncountable]