"centralise" meaning in English

See centralise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛntrəlʌɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-centralize.wav [US] Forms: centralise [canonical], centralises [third-person, singular], centralised [past], centralised [past, participle], centralising [present, participle]
Etymology: central + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|central|ise}} central + -ise Head templates: {{verb|centralis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When a decision is made to centralise 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-centralise-en-verb-oYIvsCs0
  2. If a person decides to centralise something, he is moving it to the center of an area.
    Sense id: simple-centralise-en-verb-Dp6BLsBv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ise
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