centralized

[ sen-truh-lahyzd ]

/ ˈsɛn trəˌlaɪzd /

Save This Word!

See synonyms for centralized on Thesaurus.com

adjective

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.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of centralize.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Also especially British, cen·tral·ised .

Origin of centralized

centralize + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM centralized

un·cen·tral·ized; especially British, un·cen·tral·ised, adjective

Words nearby centralized

Central Islip, centralism, centrality, centralization, centralize, centralized, Central Karoo, central limit theorem, central locking, central moment, central nervous system

How to use centralized in a sentence

The veteran leftist’s drive to centralize economic decisionmaking has angered local business leaders and discouraged foreign investment.
How Long Can Mexico's President Defy Political Gravity?|Ian Bremmer|February 18, 2021|Time
By picking a strong partner and using a content hub to centralize the asset repository for their content marketing, they managed to cut processing times for the app from 83 days to just 33 and print from 58 days to 40.
What a content hub can do for marketing teams|Trevor Grigoruk|January 27, 2021|Digiday
For example, a content hub can help a business manage every aspect of content operations — from streamlining content planning and creation workflows to centralizing digital assets and getting teams in sync.
How brands can accelerate content maturity for competitive strength|Sitecore|November 17, 2020|Digiday
Rather than focus on building large centralized plants, why not distribute solar power across a bunch of rooftops?
Panel Discussion|The Daily Beast|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Under a more centralized system the place would have been ungovernable.
Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq|Clive Irving|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Tocqueville in fact distinguished between two kinds of centralization: centralized administration and centralized government.
Poulos Gets Piketty—and Tocqueville—Wrong|Arthur Goldhammer|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Centralized Russian power has always been in tension with what the Cossacks stood for.
Cossacks: The Cowboys of Crimea|Kamil Tchorek|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We do not want to be a centralized point of failure, but we also do not want to lead our buyers into dangerous waters.
Inside the Great Bitcoin Heist|Michael Daly|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
We are a republic, or rather a cluster of republics under an imperfectly centralized national government.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various
They had the idea of a strong, centralized Government; and more than that they had a marvellous capacity for receptivity.
Is Ulster Right?|Anonymous
The Empire had been developing upon lines which could not be made to conform to the plans for centralized parliamentary control.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
The Unions are thus a branch of the government—and this government is the most highly centralized government that exists.
Communism and Christianism|William Montgomery Brown