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Meaning of 'centre' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Centre [ n. & v.]
- See Center.
2 . Centre [ v. i.]
- To be placed in a center; to be central.
- To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.
3 . Centre [ v. t.]
- To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
- To collect to a point; to concentrate.
- To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

Meaning of 'centre' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . centre [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
Example in sentence:
  • his stories made him the center of the party
Meaning (2):
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
Example in sentence:
  • in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
Meaning (3):
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
Example in sentence:
  • it is in the center of town;
  • they ran forward into the heart of the struggle;
  • they were in the eye of the storm
Meaning (4):
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Example in sentence:
  • the gist of the prosecutor's argument;
  • the heart and soul of the Republican Party;
  • the nub of the story
Meaning (5):
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
Example in sentence:
  • they received messages from several centers
Meaning (6):
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
Example in sentence:
  • they were raising money to build a new center for research
7 . centre [ v]
Meaning (7):
- direct one's attention on something
Example in sentence:
  • Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
Meaning (8):
- move into the center
Example in sentence:
  • That vase in the picture is not centered

Nearby Words:

cenanthy cenation cenatory cenobite cenobitic cenobitical cenobitism cenogamy cenotaph cenotaphy

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