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Meaning of "centralize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CENTRALIZE

centralize  [ˈsɛntrəˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CENTRALIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Centralize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb centralize in English.

WHAT DOES CENTRALIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Centralisation

Centralisation, or centralization, is the process by which the activities of an organisation, particularly those regarding planning and decision-making, become concentrated within a particular location and/or group or keeping all of the important decisionmaking powers within head office or the centre of the organisation. The term has a variety of meanings in several fields. In political science, centralisation refers to the concentration of a government's power – both geographically and politically – into a centralised government. In neuroscience, centralisation refers to the evolutionary trend of the nervous system to be partitioned into a central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. In business studies, centralisation and decentralisation refer to where decisions are made in the chain of command.

Definition of centralize in the English dictionary

The definition of centralize in the dictionary is to draw or move to or towards a centre. Other definition of centralize is to bring or come under central control, esp governmental control.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CENTRALIZE

PRESENT

Present
I centralize
you centralize
he/she/it centralizes
we centralize
you centralize
they centralize
Present continuous
I am centralizing
you are centralizing
he/she/it is centralizing
we are centralizing
you are centralizing
they are centralizing
Present perfect
I have centralized
you have centralized
he/she/it has centralized
we have centralized
you have centralized
they have centralized
Present perfect continuous
I have been centralizing
you have been centralizing
he/she/it has been centralizing
we have been centralizing
you have been centralizing
they have been centralizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I centralized
you centralized
he/she/it centralized
we centralized
you centralized
they centralized
Past continuous
I was centralizing
you were centralizing
he/she/it was centralizing
we were centralizing
you were centralizing
they were centralizing
Past perfect
I had centralized
you had centralized
he/she/it had centralized
we had centralized
you had centralized
they had centralized
Past perfect continuous
I had been centralizing
you had been centralizing
he/she/it had been centralizing
we had been centralizing
you had been centralizing
they had been centralizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will centralize
you will centralize
he/she/it will centralize
we will centralize
you will centralize
they will centralize
Future continuous
I will be centralizing
you will be centralizing
he/she/it will be centralizing
we will be centralizing
you will be centralizing
they will be centralizing
Future perfect
I will have centralized
you will have centralized
he/she/it will have centralized
we will have centralized
you will have centralized
they will have centralized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been centralizing
you will have been centralizing
he/she/it will have been centralizing
we will have been centralizing
you will have been centralizing
they will have been centralizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would centralize
you would centralize
he/she/it would centralize
we would centralize
you would centralize
they would centralize
Conditional continuous
I would be centralizing
you would be centralizing
he/she/it would be centralizing
we would be centralizing
you would be centralizing
they would be centralizing
Conditional perfect
I would have centralize
you would have centralize
he/she/it would have centralize
we would have centralize
you would have centralize
they would have centralize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been centralizing
you would have been centralizing
he/she/it would have been centralizing
we would have been centralizing
you would have been centralizing
they would have been centralizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you centralize
we let´s centralize
you centralize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to centralize
Past participle
centralized
Present Participle
centralizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CENTRALIZE


decentralize
diːˈsɛntrəˌlaɪz
demineralize
diːˈmɪnərəˌlaɪz
demoralize
dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪz
federalise
ˈfɛdərəˌlaɪz
federalize
ˈfɛdərəˌlaɪz
generalize
ˈdʒɛnrəˌlaɪz
hydrolyse
ˈhaɪdrəˌlaɪz
hydrolyze
ˈhaɪdrəˌlaɪz
liberalize
ˈlɪbərəˌlaɪz
mineralize
ˈmɪnərəˌlaɪz
moralize
ˈmɒrəˌlaɪz
naturalize
ˈnætʃrəˌlaɪz
neutralize
ˈnjuːtrəˌlaɪz
overgeneralize
ˌəʊvəˈdʒenrəˌlaɪz
paralyse
ˈpærəˌlaɪz
pluralise
ˈplʊərəˌlaɪz
pluralize
ˈplʊərəˌlaɪz
remineralize
riːˈmɪnərəˌlaɪz
supernaturalize
ˌsuːpəˈnætʃərəˌlaɪz
unnaturalize
ʌnˈnætʃərəˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CENTRALIZE

central reservation
central reserve
Central Standard Time
central sulcus
central tendency
centralisation
centralise
centraliser
centralism
centralist
centralistic
centralities
centrality
centralization
centralized economy
centralizer
centrally
centrally heated

WORDS THAT END LIKE CENTRALIZE

Belize
capitalize
contextualize
crystalize
decriminalize
finalize
immortalize
initialize
legalize
localize
marginalize
materialize
nationalize
normalize
personalize
realize
revitalize
socialize
specialize
vandalize
visualize

Synonyms and antonyms of centralize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CENTRALIZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «centralize» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of centralize

Translation of «centralize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CENTRALIZE

Find out the translation of centralize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of centralize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «centralize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

使归中央控制
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

centralizar
570 millions of speakers

English

centralize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

केंद्रस्थ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مركزية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

централизовать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

centralizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেন্দ্রীভূত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

centraliser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memusatkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zentralisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中央に集める
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중앙 집권화하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Centralize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

qui về một chổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மையப்படுத்துவதற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केंद्रस्थानी असणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

merkezde toplamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accentrare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scentralizowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

централізувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

centraliza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συγκέντρωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sentraliseer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

centralisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sentralisere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of centralize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CENTRALIZE»

The term «centralize» is regularly used and occupies the 75.610 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CENTRALIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «centralize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «centralize» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about centralize

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «CENTRALIZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word centralize.
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John Ashcroft
We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CENTRALIZE»

Discover the use of centralize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to centralize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Guide to English Grammar: Conjugation of Verbs Volume IV
Indicative Mood Present Tense Singular I centralize 1. 2. You centralize He/she/it centralizes 3. Past Tense Singular I centralized 1. 2. You centralized He/she/it centralized 3. Future Tense Singular I shall centralize You will centralize 1. 2. 3.
Bessie Brooks, 2012
2
Strategic Management Theory: An Integrated Approach
To. Centralize. or. Decentralize? That. Is. the. Question. problems, top managers use more complex integrating mechanisms to increase coordination among functions and divisions. Liaison Roles Managers can increase coordination among ...
Charles Hill, Gareth Jones, 2009
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Drug and Device Product Liability Litigation Strategy
137 In another case, the Panel denied a motion to centralize sixteen actions in eleven districts not because any of those actions were themselves advanced, but because actions involving the same product “had moved through the federal court ...
Mark Herrmann, David B. Alden, 2011
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Managing Media Services: Theory and Practice
CENTRALIZE. MEDIA. EQUIPMENT. SERVICES. Experience has shown that audiovisual equipment is best administered from a single equipment service center in order to provide the most efficient and effective service. This does not mean, ...
William D. Schmidt, Donald Arthur Rieck, 2000
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Database Systems for Advanced Applications: DASFAA 2009 ...
While the Centralize PSP takes the advantages of storing the provenance data only once for one process, and it only assigns ID (integer) to every row returned by dbBLAST. Hence the Centralize PSP could dramatically save more space by ...
Lei Chen, Chengfei Liu, Qing Liu, 2009
6
One United People: The Federalist Papers and the National Idea
5. Hamilton. Aims. to. Centralize. The next thirty-one papers, No. 6 through No. 36 , further establish the need for a strong and centralized American national government. The great majority of these essays were written by Hamilton. Only five ...
Edward Millican
7
Information Security Practice and Experience: 7th ...
... Bot type Structure Protocol Attack Type ρPID,P Result Kraken Centralize HTTP Spamming 0.837 Malicious Rustock Centralize HTTP Spamming 0.772 Malicious Storm Decentralize P2P UDP flood 0.992 Malicious SDbot Centralize IRC TCP ...
Feng Bao, Jian Weng, 2011
8
Sams Teach Yourself Networking in 24 Hours
Centralize. or. Not. to. Centralize. Another issue is how centralized the network administration and security must be for the network to run effectively. Typically, the centralization issue is related to scale and the nature of business (that is, the  ...
Uyless Black, 2009
9
Search Engine Marketing, Inc.: Driving Search Traffic to ...
Centralize. There is no one-size-fits-all organization. You might have to experiment to see what works. You might find that some of the preceding tasks might need to be modified, divided up differently, or even shared between groups .
Mike Moran, Bill Hunt, 2008
10
Rural credits: joint hearings before the subcommittees of ...
They say, " We do not centralize them — the banks — because the people will not stand for it." They know the people will not stand for it. We just got through with one such condition, which centralized money in this country for years, and they ...
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, 1914

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CENTRALIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term centralize is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sparrow looking to centralize Mason facilities
MASON – Sparrow Hospital's efforts to to create a one-stop health care facility for its patients in Mason might not include its current urgent care ... «Lansing State Journal, Jul 15»
2
The Pentagon's Spies: The Evolution of Spy Units through Obama …
In the 1990s, the Department of Defense sought to centralize management of HUMINT operations conducted by DoD and the services. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
3
The Pope's Visit Won't Cure Ecuador
And yet until recently Correa's plays to centralize power by stacking courts, courting the military, hushing critics and pumping up the ... «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
4
Using Personalization to Cut through the Noise in B2B Video
It's an excellent resource to collect, store, and centralize client data, but you need to keep your ear to the ground to fill your CRM with accurate ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
5
Sherman's purchases former Cohen's Distribution Center
Sherman's also plans to centralize all of its administration and operations at the new facility. The move will also allow for the store to double its ... «Peoria Journal Star, Jul 15»
6
Institute of Medicine Report Recommends High Priority Actions to …
... centralize the collection and distribution of data; increase the impact of research and therapies; and strengthen stakeholder collaboration. «Business Wire, Jul 15»
7
Be On Guard
Members should critique opaque financial reporting and watch for bylaw changes that centralize power. It's a bad sign if those who leave are ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
8
Kiltearn Partners Implements INDATA iPM Epic Big Data Platform for …
Epic also provides tools to centralize data across the firm so that we can quickly access and utilize our information to provide meaningful ... «Bobsguide, Jul 15»
9
Bartlesville set to begin construction this week on new public safety …
In its place the city will put in a public safety complex, which will house a new police station and centralize the fire department's operations. «kjrh.com, Jul 15»
10
Golden Band Updates NI 43-101 Review Disclosure
The original plan was to centralize the processing of ore that would be derived from numerous satellite mining operations at the Company's ... «Canada NewsWire, Jul 15»

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