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centralize

/ˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/

centralize verb: to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate.

Verb

centralize (third-person singular simple present centralizes, present participle centralizing, simple past and past participle centralized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US) To move power to a single, central authority
  3. (British, English, Oxford, US) To make something focal, the most important
    • She examines authors Mary Daly and Andrea Dworkin and criticizes the analysis that centralizes all our oppression in sexism.1985 February 2, Malkah Barrsey Feldman, “Blacks & Jews: Vulnerability & Values”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 14

centralize meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

centralize in Tamil

மையத்திற்கு மாறு, மையத்துக் கொண்டு வா, ஒரே மையம் நோக்கி ஒருமுகப்படுத்து, மையமாக்கு

centralize in Malayalam

consolidate, concentrate, amalgamate
കേന്ദ്രീകരിക്ക, ഏകത്ര കേന്ദ്രീകരിക്കുക, സാന്ദ്രീകരിക്കുക, ഘനീഭവിപ്പിക്കുക, ഏകാഗ്രീഭവിപ്പിക്കുക, ഏകോപിപ്പിക്കുക

Examples of centralize in a sentence

  • Spain, in contrast, is much more centralized.
  • Once the centralized power of Rome fragmented, economic, social and political power simplified and relocalized.
  • Having a centralized package manager is not very webby, to use Dahl's words.

All 29 example sentences with centralize

Forms of centralize

third-person singular presentcentralizes
present participlecentralizing
past participlecentralized
pastcentralized
alternative formcentralise

Past tense of centralize: centralized

Origin of centralize

From central + -ize.

Words formed from centralize

Questions about centralize

What does centralize mean?
Centralize means to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate.
What is centralize in Tamil?
Centralize in Tamil is மையத்திற்கு மாறு, மையத்துக் கொண்டு வா, ஒரே மையம் நோக்கி ஒருமுகப்படுத்து. See Centralize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is centralize?
Centralize is a verb.
How do you pronounce centralize?
Centralize is pronounced /ˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/.
What is the past tense of centralize?
The past tense of centralize is centralized.

Words near centralize in the dictionary

  1. centralities
  2. centrality
  3. centralizated
  4. centralization
  5. centralizations
  6. centralize
  7. centralized
  8. centralized planning
  9. centralizer
  10. centralizers
  11. centralizes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: centralize (page history and authors); centralize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); centralize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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