centralize
[sen-truh-lahyz]
verb (used with object), cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing.
to draw to or gather about a center.
to bring under one control, especially in government: to centralize budgeting in one agency.
verb (used without object), cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing.
to come together at or to form a center.
Also especially British, cen·tral·ise.
Origin of centralize
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Related Words for centralize
consolidate, integrate, unify, rationalize, streamline, compact, incorporate, organize, systematize, gather, focus, condense, converge, amalgamate, accumulate, assemble, concenterExamples from the Web for centralize
Contemporary Examples of centralize
Their duty is to centralize all evidence currently available, but let a semi-organic process develop the rest.
Once in office, they are always going to centralize power and undermine the democracy that elevated them.
Historical Examples of centralize
Now, all the signs of the times indicate the necessity to centralize.
The Ontario High School ReaderA.E. Marty
This is an evil which has crept in with the tendency to centralize the schools.
Understand me, Sir, I do not seek to centralize, but to nationalize.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 18 (of 20)Charles Sumner
His object was to purify French, and, as it were, to centralize it.
A History of Literary Criticism in the RenaissanceJoel Elias Spingarn
Chamberlain in vain urged defense and political policies designed to centralize power in London.
The Canadian DominionOscar D. Skelton
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