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centralize Definition

cen·tral·ize (sen′trəl īz′)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

  1. to make central; bring to or focus on a center; gather together
  2. to organize under one control; concentrate the power or authority of in a central organization

intransitive verb

to become centralized

centralize Related Forms
cen′·trali·za′·tion noun cen′·tral·iz′er noun
centralize Synonyms

centralize

v.

concentrate, incorporate, unify, federalize; see accumulate 1, assemble 2, gather 1, organize 1.

centralize Usage Examples

Object

  • payroll: Have centralized payroll to improve the health care access they have already.
  • management: You can use your personal calendar to manage your own tasks, or use a group calendar to centralize the task management.
  • control: It centralized the overall control of the U.S. money supply in the hands of a few men.
  • power: After he became emperor in 1930 he worked to centralize power and achieve administrative reform.
  • system: Centralized the intelligence system under the strategic planning division.
  • administration: However, it does centralize the administration of our locate routing tables.

Used with why or when

  • where: Call liberty's centralized where state laws their internal systems.

Modifying Another Word

  • highly: The very nature of these political groups, highly centralized, resembled the Soviet model.
  • quite: Barefoot cruises and chairs instead the quite centralized so.
  • not: The School Our partner school in Havana is unique in that it is not centralized in a physical building!
  • also: Key library services such as acquisitions and cataloging are also centralized here.
  • so: Barefoot cruises and chairs instead the quite centralized so.
  • all: And what if it were all centralized, whether fuelled by gas, coal or nuclear?

Preposition: in

  • building: The School Our partner school in Havana is unique in that it is not centralized in a physical building!