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CENTRALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does centralise mean?
• CENTRALISE (verb)
The verb CENTRALISE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: CENTRALISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: centralised
Past participle: centralised
-ing form: centralising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make central
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
centralise; centralize; concentrate
Context example:
The Russian government centralized the distribution of food
Hypernyms (to "centralise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
decentralise (make less central)
Derivation:
centralisation (gathering to a center)
centralisation (the act of consolidating power under a central control)
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