0 present participle of centralize
1 to remove authority in a system, company, country, etc. from local places to one central place so that the whole system, etc. is under central control:
In a society gifted at generalisation, endowed with powerful ^ centralizing strategies, the historian moves in the direction of the frontiers of great regions already exploited.
In such a system, tension between centralizing and centrifugal tendencies was inevitable.
There is ongoing public discussion about centralizing the healthcare system to make it more efficient and to enforce structural reforms.
Issues of economic austerity and handling international pressure were both centralizing.
For example, local tax collectors, or percepteurs, initially selected by the mayors, were appointed directly by the government after centralizing reforms in 1802-4.
After centralizing the well, the next scene provides a zoom in the specified well.
There is centralizing and raising, and there is raising and backing, as well as, of course, more standard low productions.
Firstly, there has been a strong trend towards centralizing treatment options by merging hospitals and departments into 'function-bearing units'.
