Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
centralise .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tending to draw to a central point
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Examples
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Before Christmas, the Department of Health distanced itself from the idea of centralising bookings, saying there were "no plans" for a national call centre.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Meanwhile, some Muslim organisations and social workers in the city have been propagating the idea of centralising zakat collection and disbursement.
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According to Rob Lovell, chief executive of business IT on demand provider ThinkGrid, end users have to become familiar with the idea of centralising their data in a location away from their office.
unknown title 2009
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We must give up the idea of centralising, controlling, coordinating and planning in a conventional way.
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(aka centralising ownership) they could increase profits.
Tyee - Home 2009
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(aka centralising ownership) they could increase profits.
Tyee - Home 2009
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Singh must have thought that he would please his political and ideological masters in the BJP and the RSS by balancing this view with an interpretation of Jawaharlal Nehru - whose inheritance the ruling Congress Party is enjoying today - as a powergrabbing 'centralising' force.
Pinaki Bhattacharya: Travails of Writing Revisionist History 2009
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Bundred made a veiled criticism of the department, saying it had a "centralising" view of the NHS and failed to understand the "autonomy proposed for hospitals".
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Still not clear what the Church intends to do with the land in question and the rationale for "centralising" social services all in one location.
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This looks like a centralising not a de-centralising measure.
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