Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

centralise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tralise
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"The government decided to centralise the issuing of passports."
"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."
"All these activities are centralised at Derby, where the L.M.S. research department was formed before the war."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central English -ise English centralise From central + -ise.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

centralises (present, singular) centralising (participle, present) centralised (participle, past) centralised (past) centralize (alternative, British)

Derived Forms

centralisation

Synonyms

centralize concentrate

Antonyms

decentralise

Questions

What does centralise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralize.
Where does centralise come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central English -ise English centralise From central + -ise.

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