Meanings
present singular third person centralises · participle present centralising · participle past centralised · past centralised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralize.
The government decided to centralise the issuing of passports.
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In the United States the Santa Fe was a pioneer in centralising its scrap handling at Corwith, near Chicago, but after 1924 abandoned this plan in favour of sorting at the point of origin.
1941 October, “Reclaiming Permanent Way Material”, in Railway Magazine, page 436All these activities are centralised at Derby, where the L.M.S. research department was formed before the war.
1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 92
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake central
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
- Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
- Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
- Latincentrum
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latincentrālis
- Englishcentral
- Englishcentralise
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Cite this entry
centralise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralise
“centralise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralise. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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