Centralized
['sentrəlaɪzd] or ['sɛntrəl,aɪz]
Definition
(adj.) drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; 'centralized control of emergency relief efforts'; 'centralized government' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Centralize
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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.
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