CENTRALISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they centralise ... he / she / it centralises

Past simple: centralised

Past participle: centralised

-ing form: centralising

Meaning:

Make central

Example:

The Russian government centralized the distribution of food

Synonyms:

centralise; centralize; concentrate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "centralise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

decentralise (make less central)

Derivation:

centralisation (gathering to a center)

centralisation (the act of consolidating power under a central control)