Associations to the word «Nationalize»

Wiktionary

NATIONALIZE, verb. (rare) To make into, or to become, a nation.
NATIONALIZE, verb. To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.
NATIONALIZE, verb. To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country.
NATIONALIZE, verb. (archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.

Dictionary definition

NATIONALIZE, verb. Put under state control or ownership; "Mitterand nationalized the banks".
NATIONALIZE, verb. Make national in character or scope; "His heroic deeds were nationalized by the press".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King