centralized

American  

[sen-truh-lahyzd] / ˈsɛn trəˌlaɪzd /

especially British, centralised

adjective

1. 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.

2. existing in one place, or being the center point of a network: 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.

   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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of centralize.

Other Word Forms

• uncentralized adjective

Etymology

Origin of centralized

centralize ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The work can be done faster, because it’s centralized, tightly choreographed, closely monitored and possibly automated — but also because multiple things can happen at the same time.

From Los Angeles Times

TV helped create a centralized national culture through a shared viewing experience of three national networks; millions of Americans watched the same shows, news broadcasts and historical events.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among his proposals was to create a more “centralized” social media strategy rather than continuing to let the LAPD’s 21 stations spread across the city each handle their own online accounts.

From Los Angeles Times

A new cyberspace administration centralized the previously chaotic bureaucracy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The market is running away as fast as it can from centralized, government-run, cost-plus space endeavors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• constitutional
• domestic
• in-house
• intramural
• national
• private
• subjective