"centralize" meaning in All languages combined

See centralize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɛntrəlʌɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-centralize.wav [US] Forms: centralize [canonical], centralizes [third-person, singular], centralized [past], centralized [past, participle], centralizing [present, participle]
Etymology: central + -ize Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|central|ize}} central + -ize Head templates: {{verb|centraliz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When a decision is made to centralize a government, power in the government is being concentrated more in the center of the government and less at the local level.
    Sense id: simple-centralize-en-verb-bFRFsqN2
  2. If a person decides to centralize something, he is moving it to the center of an area.
    Sense id: simple-centralize-en-verb-Apbyl6Sz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ize
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