centralize

See also: centralizē

English

Alternative forms

• centralise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From central +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

centralize (third-person singular simple present centralizes, present participle centralizing, simple past and past participle centralized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

1. To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
2. To move power to a single, central authority
3. To make something focal, the most important
   • 1985 February 2, Malkah Barrsey Feldman, “Blacks & Jews: Vulnerability & Values”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 14:

     She examines authors Mary Daly and Andrea Dworkin and criticizes the analysis that centralizes all our oppression in sexism.

Derived terms

• centralization
• centralizer
• decentralize
• overcentralize
• recentralize

 

Translations

to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate

• Catalan: centralitzar (ca)
• Dutch: centraliseren (nl)
• Esperanto: centralizi
• Galician: centralizar
• German: zentralisieren (de)
• Hungarian: centralizál (hu), központosít (hu)
• Russian: централизова́ть (ru) impf or pf (centralizovátʹ)
• Spanish: centralizar (es)
• Ukrainian: централізува́ти (uk) impf or pf (centralizuváty)

to move power to a single, central authority

• Catalan: centralitzar (ca)
• Czech: centralizovat
• Dutch: centraliseren (nl)
• Esperanto: centralizi
• French: centraliser (fr)
• Galician: centralizar
• Georgian: ცენტრალიზებას უწევს (cenṭralizebas uc̣evs), ცენტრალიზებას ახდენს (cenṭralizebas axdens)
• Spanish: centralizar (es)
• Swedish: centralisera (sv)

Galician

Verb

centralize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of centralizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

centralize

1. inflection of centralizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative