Centralize
['sɛntrəlaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) make central; 'The Russian government centralized the distribution of food'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Concentrate, fix, localize, collect
ANT:Disperse, disseminate, distribute, apportion, divide, delocalize
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Examples
- The methods of the Chicago Commission would require a tyranny, a powerful, centralized sovereignty which could command with majesty and silence the rebel. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The early dynasties exercised far less centralized powers than the later ones. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With centralized generating plants, improved machinery and better lamps, one dollar today will buy eighteen times as much electric light as it would in 1884. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This centralizing innovation will remind the reader of both Akhnaton and Nabonidus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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