centralize
to draw to or gather about a center.
to bring under one control, especially in government: to centralize budgeting in one agency.
Origin of centralize
1- Also especially British, cen·tral·ise .
Other words from centralize
- cen·tral·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·cen·tral·ize, verb, o·ver·cen·tral·ized, o·ver·cen·tral·iz·ing.
- re·cen·tral·ize, verb, re·cen·tral·ized, re·cen·tral·iz·ing.
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How to use centralize in a sentence
A managed services provider contract centralizes that function with an outsourced partner like AMN.
A depleted workforce and no end in sight: An inside look at America’s ailing health care industry | Erika Fry | December 8, 2020 | FortuneHe argues that cryptocurrencies preserve the ability of individuals to do with their money as they please, instead of centralizing that power.
In interviews during that period, he voiced optimism about Europe’s ability to centralize its political and economic institutions under a strong executive branch.
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, former French president, dies at 94 | Jim Hoagland | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostThe problems arise when they look to centralize that data, match it to third-party resources and deploy it compliantly for campaign purposes.
Marketers have successfully pivoted to first-party data, but struggle to deploy it | Adstra | December 2, 2020 | DigidayTo keep employees free of bureaucratic meddling, Nucor has chosen not to centralize functions like R&D, sales, marketing, strategy, safety, engineering, compliance, and purchasing.
The biggest problem with capitalism? Not enough capitalists | jakemeth | November 21, 2020 | Fortune
Their duty is to centralize all evidence currently available, but let a semi-organic process develop the rest.
How the Syrian War Subreddit Scoops Mainstream Media | Nina Strochlic | November 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOnce in office, they are always going to centralize power and undermine the democracy that elevated them.
This seems to be contrary to the spirit and intent of the act, which is primarily to centralize reserves in Federal Reserve Banks.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsChamberlain in vain urged defense and political policies designed to centralize power in London.
The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. SkeltonOur army was an enormous heterogeneous mass, without any pretense of a system to centralize and harmonize its movements.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps | George T. StevensThere is no special branch of the service whose duty it is to regulate, centralize and direct the movements of the army.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps | George T. StevensNo people ever existed, who watched more narrowly the existence of power, and its innate tendency to centralize, and usurp.
An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois | Henry R. Schoolcraft
British Dictionary definitions for centralize
centralise
/ (ˈsɛntrəˌlaɪz) /
to draw or move (something) to or towards a centre
to bring or come under central control, esp governmental control
Derived forms of centralize
- centralization or centralisation, noun
- centralizer or centraliser, noun
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