devolved

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devolved

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of devolve "Subject to the decision of our members, we have successfully negotiated significant pay increases for our members with the governments of the devolved nations," said ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan. "Sadly, this is in stark contrast with the response from the Westminster government.

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Closest in meaning: accorded, allocated, assigned, associate, attributed, autonomous, ceded, conferred, conveyed, decentralised, decentralized, delegate, delegated, devoted, disposed, distributed

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@misc{devolved_2026,
  title = {devolved},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/devolved},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}