nationalize
verb /ˈnæʃnəlaɪz/
/ˈnæʃnəlaɪz/
(British English also nationalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they nationalize | /ˈnæʃnəlaɪz/ /ˈnæʃnəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it nationalizes | /ˈnæʃnəlaɪzɪz/ /ˈnæʃnəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple nationalized | /ˈnæʃnəlaɪzd/ /ˈnæʃnəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle nationalized | /ˈnæʃnəlaɪzd/ /ˈnæʃnəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form nationalizing | /ˈnæʃnəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈnæʃnəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- nationalize something to put an industry or a company under the control of the government, which becomes its owner
- The government announced plans to nationalize the public transport system.
- nationalized industries
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNationalize is used with these nouns as the object:- health service
- industry
- railway
- …