to federalize
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7.5
- verb
- /ˈfɛdərəlˌaɪz/
- US
:
federalizar
- The government plans to federalize the National Guard to ensure better coordination during emergencies.
- federalized state
- federalized system
Some people say, oh, it'll get federalized.
- Some people say, oh, it'll get federalized.
- So it's all federalized and and we can just administrate to the needs of the people.
Examples
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Is it a surprise, then, that Russia has federalized its metals market?
Academic text (2010) -
We are talking, in the end, about federalizing the vote.
Blog text (16) -
When we federalize the Guard, then the chain of command is the president to me, to them.
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Which is why we federalized the National Guard minutes ago.
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Its only goal is to federalize the health care system into a nationalized healthcare system.
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In 1970, Belgium became a federalized state.
Academic text (2002) -
In the future, the Mexican Congress should permit the president, at least in times of emergency, to federalize the state police in a given state, similar to the authority of the U.S. president to federalize National Guard units.
Academic text (2012) -
Congress, one could plausibly argue, is too inclined to federalize things.
Academic text (2017) -
I just gave standby authorization to federalize the Alabama Guard.
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We passed the G.I. Bill and federalized student loans to grow wealth among citizens and increase training capacity for the country.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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3.7
To bring people or things together into one group
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7.5
To join states or groups to form one country with a central government
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Federalize comes from the same root as federal and federation, from an old word meaning 'league' or 'agreement' about people or states joining together. So to federalize something is to bring parts under one federal government or to join them into a single federation.