centralize
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
centralize
verb
centralizes;
centralized;
centralizing
centralize
verb
centralizes;
centralized;
centralizing
Britannica Dictionary definition of CENTRALIZE
[+ object]
1
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to bring (things that are in different places) together at a single point or place
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The city's hospitals hope to centralize [=consolidate] medical records in a single database.
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All shipping operations have been centralized at the Miami office.
2
:
to bring (something) under the control of one authority
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opposite decentralize
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centralize control
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The controversial reforms could be used to further centralize power in the hands of one party.
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a centralized authority/government
