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What is the verb for central?

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center
  1. (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
  2. (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
  3. (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
  4. (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
  5. (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “Measure the dimensions of the wall so we can center the artwork perfectly.”
      “Let's center our efforts on collectively increasing our productivity.”
      “The organization would center all administrative duties under the command of a single person.”
centralize
  1. To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
  2. To move power to a single, central authority
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Governments were keen to centralize the control of colonial matters, and charters were sometimes revoked in favor of direct rule.”
      “The following code demonstrates how to create a new form and centralize it in the middle of the display area.”
      “It probably would, because it would centralize the resources and information involved in protecting the country.”
centralised
centralized
centred
centered
centralise
  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of centralize
  2. Examples:
    1. “The company plans to centralise its business by moving into the large distribution warehouse in Kettlestring Lane, creating an extra 30 jobs.”
      “This was why the decision had been made to centralise elective orthopaedics at Waterford Regional Hospital.”
      “It is also essential to pool and centralise information, and expert analysis when such counterfeiting comes to light.”
centre
  1. Alternative spelling of center
centring
centering
centreing
centralizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centralize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This subsidiary centralizes the Group's funding activities, essentially in Europe, Asia and North America.”
      “The management control department organizes and centralizes the production of the company's budget, and updates it on a monthly basis.”
      “Every administration centralizes power more tightly than the one before and is more paranoid about leaks than the one before.”
centralises
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centralise
  2. Examples:
    1. “Second, it centralises that information and gives you control over what is visible to others.”
centres
centers
centralising
  1. present participle of centralise
  2. Examples:
    1. “The plan has been to snap up regional titles and strip out costs by centralising printing works and back-office functions.”
      “It had also cut costs by dispensing with its management board and centralising some technology functions.”
      “So the process of what's called globalisation is the process of centralising power.”
centralizing
  1. present participle of centralize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The first was the rise of television, a centralizing medium that invited such journalism.”
      “The centralizing tendencies of the state, however, are ominously freed to do their worst.”
      “First, property rights were transferred from advanced cooperatives to the commune, further centralizing ownership.”
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