centralized
controlled from one place:The individual police departments will transition to the centralized dispatch system beginning in October.After years of opting for top-down regulatory approaches, the new administration has decided to move toward a less centralized form of government oversight.
existing in one place, or being the center point of a network: Each computer has a twisted-pair cable that runs to a centralized hub.The system allows users to record subscriber complaints in a single database, creating a centralized source of information to assist us in pinpointing systematic delivery problems.
the simple past tense and past participle of centralize.
Origin of centralized
1- Also especially British, cen·tral·ised .
Other words from centralized
- un·cen·tral·ized; especially British, un·cen·tral·ised, adjective
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How to use centralized in a sentence
In truth, Young desired both advantages, the vigour of a centralised government and the energy of an independent aristocracy.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenWant cuts up all these great empires in their centralised governments.'
Critical Studies | OuidaThe most highly centralised of all our English offices is the War Office.
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 | Evelyn BaringMoreover, in a highly centralised country, the minister does everything in his own department.
The Cult of Incompetence | Emile FaguetThese centralised at San Francisco and thence ramified and spread north, east, and south, to every quarter of the State.
The Octopus | Frank Norris
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