centralized
Prononciation : [ˈsɛntrəlaɪzd]
Mot
Contexte : « organization »
(adjective) when control or decision-making is concentrated in one central place or person. In a centralized system, one main authority makes the important decisions instead of spreading that power out to many different people.
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In a centralized school district, all the important rules are decided by a single office.
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In a decentralized system, many different schools can make their own rules.
Exemple
Is your company organized in a centralized way or does each department have its own control?
Contexte : « process »
(verb) to bring together control or decision-making to one central point. This means you are moving the power to make decisions from many places to just one place.
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The government decided to centralize their services for better efficiency.
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They chose not to centralize, so each branch could operate independently.
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Why did the organization decide to centralize their operations instead of keeping them separate?
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