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    CENTRALISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they centralise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it centralises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: centralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: centralised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: centralising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make centralplay

    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)

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