Dictionary

centralize en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English centralize From central + -ize.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US) To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
2. (British, English, Oxford, US) To move power to a single, central authority
3. (British, English, Oxford, US) To make something focal, the most important
   • She examines authors Mary Daly and Andrea Dworkin and criticizes the analysis that centralizes all our oppression in sexism. 1985 February 2, Malkah Barrsey Feldman, “Blacks & Jews: Vulnerability & Values”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 14:

Forms

Deriveds

recentralize · centralizer · overcentralize · decentralize · centralization

Translations (22)

ru централизова́ть (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · ca centralitzar (to move power to a single, central authority) · eo centralizi (to move power to a single, central authority) · es centralizar (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · gl centralizar (to move power to a single, central authority) · ka ცენტრალიზებას ახდენს (to move power to a single, central authority) · nl centraliseren (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · nl centraliseren (to move power to a single, central authority) · az mərkəzləşdirmək (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · ca centralitzar (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · fr centraliser (to move power to a single, central authority) · hu centralizál (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · uk централізува́ти (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · sv centralisera (to move power to a single, central authority) · ka ცენტრალიზებას უწევს (to move power to a single, central authority) · eo centralizi (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · hu központosít (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · cs centralizovat (to move power to a single, central authority) · gl centralizar (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · de zentralisieren (to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate) · az mərkəzləşdirmək (to move power to a single, central authority) · es centralizar (to move power to a single, central authority)