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CENTRALISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
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
Example:
The Russian government centralized the distribution of food
Synonyms:
centralise; centralize; concentrate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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)
