Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To draw into or toward a center; consolidate.
- intransitive verb To bring under a single, central authority.
- intransitive verb To come together at a center; concentrate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To draw to a central point; bring to a center; render central; concentrate in some particular part as an actual or a conventional center: generally applied to the process of transferring local administration to the central government. Also spelled
centralise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To move things physically towards the
centre ; toconsolidate orconcentrate - verb To move
power to a single,central authority
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make central
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Examples
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CWT's Wagner, who prefers not to use the word centralize, offers a similar suggestion.
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To clarify matters, Tony Liu, Chairman and CEO of the company, positioned the purchase as a way to "centralize" its management in Beijing, calling the facilities "multi-functional," which sounds both more sophisticated and less specific than "convention center."
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Dewey & LeBoeuf said Tuesday it is transferring all of its San Francisco attorneys and their staff to its East Palo Alto, Calif., office to "centralize" its Bay Area presence of nearly 30 lawyers.
Law.com - Newswire 2009
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"centralize" various functions, especially accounting and reporting.
GlobalResearch.ca 2010
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They knew from historical experience of the tendency to centralize power in a crisis and of the danger of persecution of the politically unpopular.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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To centralize the party system, Putin got the Duma to change the voting rule for its elections to pure proportional representation.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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To centralize the party system, Putin got the Duma to change the voting rule for its elections to pure proportional representation.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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To centralize the party system, Putin got the Duma to change the voting rule for its elections to pure proportional representation.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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The move, which the commissioners say took them by surprise, was one of many Mr. Perry has taken to strengthen his authority and centralize control—turning a traditionally weak governorship into a power center.
In Texas, a Weak Office Becomes Stronger Jonathan Weisman 2011
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"We applaud the state for proposing to centralize and strengthen security on its exams," said Shael Polakow-Suransky, the chief academic officer for New York City.
State Weighs Testing Curbs on Teachers Lisa Fleisher 2011
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