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CENTRALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centralise mean? 

CENTRALISE (verb)
  The verb CENTRALISE has 1 sense:

1. make centralplay

  Familiarity information: CENTRALISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTRALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they centralise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it centralises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: centralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: centralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: centralising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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