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“Centralize” or “Centralise”

Language

Centralize and centralise are both English terms.

Usage

Centralize is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while centralise is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available):

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
centralize 98 14 61 100 81 29 0 0 0 100 0 0
centralise 2 86 39 0 19 71 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "centralize" over "centralise" (98 to 2).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 86 to 14 preference for "centralise" over "centralize".
  • In India, there is a preference for "centralize" over "centralise" (61 to 39).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "centralize" over "centralise" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "centralize" over "centralise" (81 to 19).
  • In Australia, there is a 71 to 29 preference for "centralise" over "centralize".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "centralize" and "centralise".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "centralize" and "centralise".
  • In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "centralize" and "centralise".
  • In Jamaica, there is a preference for "centralize" over "centralise" (100 to 0).
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "centralize" and "centralise".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "centralize" and "centralise".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use centralize or centralise with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “centralize”

  • …may represent an attempt to centralize control over the provincial military…
  • …Restoration, the country sought to centralize and modernize its armed forces,…
  • …1980s, the order decided to centralize services, and the remaining sisters…
  • …reforms in an effort to centralize his control over the province.
  • …ultimately worked to strengthen and centralize it.
  • These reforms helped to centralize the financial industry and shaped…
  • …social relationships" in order to centralize LGBTQ identity, and rather that…
  • As this served to further centralize the Visconti power and drew…
  • …Philip's efforts to modernize and centralize the devolved-medieval government structures of…
  • Its purpose was to centralize patent searching and archiving as…

Examples of “centralise”

  • It was created to centralise the overseas marketing of Irish…
  • Sperrle was sensitive to a centralise command for fighter forces and
  • …decided in February 2018 to centralise hospital based stroke, maternity, gynaecology…
  • …BSA began a move to centralise control over its units by…
  • …these Gaelicised Norman Rulers and centralise all power in their hands,…
  • …Significs as a science would centralise and co-ordinate, interpret, inter-relate and…
  • …of the university's plans to centralise its courses in Hendon.
  • …strategy by the MOD to centralise aircraft maintenance, and the break-up…
  • …between London electricity companies to centralise electricity generation in a shared,…
  • …Napoleon in order further to centralise power in Switzerland.


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