centralize
11centralize — [[t]se̱ntrəlaɪz[/t]] centralizes, centralizing, centralized VERB To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups. [V n] In the mass production era …
12centralize — verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1800 intransitive verb to form a center ; cluster around a center transitive verb 1. to bring to a center ; consolidate < centralize all the data in one file …
13centralize — centralizer, n. /sen treuh luyz /, v., centralized, centralizing. v.t. 1. to draw to or gather about a center. 2. to bring under one control, esp. in government: to centralize budgeting in one agency. v.i. 3. to come together at or to form a… …
14centralize — verb Centralize is used with these nouns as the object: ↑control …
15centralize — cen|tral|ize also centralise BrE [ˈsentrəlaız] v [T] to organize the control of a country, organization, or system so that everything is done or decided in one place ≠ ↑decentralize ▪ plans to centralize the company s European activities… …
16centralize — cen|tral|ize [ sentrə,laız ] verb transitive to give control of a country, organization, or industry to one central group of people: The company plans to centralize its financial services at its new location …
17centralize — also ise BrE verb (T) to organize the control of a country or organization so that one central group has power and tells people in other places what to do: an attempt to centralize the economy compare decentralize centralized adjective:… …
18centralize — verb the state is to centralize its communications network Syn: concentrate, consolidate, amalgamate, condense, unify, streamline, focus; Brit. rationalize Ant: devolve …
19centralize — verb a) To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate b) To move power to a single, central authority …
20centralize — Synonyms and related words: affiliate, ally, approach, associate, band together, be in cahoots, bunch, bunch up, cabal, cement a union, center, center on, center round, close, close in, close up, close with, club, club together, come together,… …
