CENTRALIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they centralize ... he / she / it centralizes

Past simple: centralized

Past participle: centralized

-ing form: centralizing

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 "centralize" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frames:

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

Antonym:

decentralize (make less central)

Derivation:

centralization (gathering to a center)

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