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Definition of centralize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

centralize

verb
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪz/
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪz/
(British English also centralise)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they centralize
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪz/
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪz/
he / she / it centralizes
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪzɪz/
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪzɪz/
past simple centralized
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪzd/
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪzd/
past participle centralized
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪzd/
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪzd/
-ing form centralizing
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪzɪŋ/
 
/ˈsentrəlaɪzɪŋ/
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  1. centralize something to give the control of a country or an organization to a group of people in one particular place
    • a highly centralized system of government
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCentralize is used with these nouns as the object:
    • control
    See full entry
See centralize in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee centralize in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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adverb
 
 
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