The meaning of CENTRALIZE is to form a center : cluster around a center. How to use centralize in a sentence.

CENTRALIZE meaning: 1. to remove authority in a system, company, country, etc. from local places to one central place…. Learn more.

The city's hospitals hope to centralize [= consolidate] medical records in a single database. All shipping operations have been centralized at the Miami office. The controversial reforms could be used to …

To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups.

centralize something to give the control of a country or an organization to a group of people in one particular place. Definition of centralize verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, …

centralize (ˈsɛntrəˌlaɪz) or centralise vb 1. to draw or move (something) to or towards a centre 2. to bring or come under central control, esp governmental control

to (cause to) come under one central control, esp. in government: [~ + object] to centralize the power of the military. [no object; often: ~ + in + object] Power tends to centralize in the hands of those who use it.

Centralize definition: To draw into or toward a center; consolidate.

Mar 13, 2026 · Verb centralize (third-person singular simple present centralizes, present participle centralizing, simple past and past participle centralized) (American spelling, Oxford British English) …

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