CENTRALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centralise mean? 

• CENTRALISE (verb)
  The verb CENTRALISE has 1 sense:

1. make central

  Familiarity information: CENTRALISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTRALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they centralise    ... he / she / it centralises   
Past simple: centralised   
Past participle: centralised   
-ing form: centralising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make central

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

centralise; centralize; concentrate

Context example:

The Russian government centralized the distribution of food

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)