Wordiyo
Vocabulary
Learn
My WordsPricing
Wordiyo

Build your English vocabulary systematically through word roots and etymology.

Explore

  • Vocabulary
  • Roots
  • My Words

Learn

  • Guides
  • Read

Company

  • About Us
  • Pricing
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

© 2026 Wordiyo.

  1. Home
  2. /nat
  3. /nationalize

nationalize

🇬🇧 UK/'næʃnəlaɪz/🇺🇸 US/'næʃәnәlaiz/
A2

Definitions

v.

To transfer a private company or industry to government ownership or control; to give a national character to something

使国有化;收归国有

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
natborn, birth
+
ionact, process, state
+
alrelating to, having the nature of
+
izeto make, to become
=nationalize

Common Collocations

  • 1.nationalize industry工业国有化

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The government decided to nationalize the oil industry.

  • 2.

    The government decided to nationalize the failing banks to prevent collapse.

  • 3.

    Some politicians proposed to nationalize healthcare to make it more accessible.

← Back to nat