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Verb
/ˈsentər/,
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centers, plural; centres, plural;
  1. Have (something) as a major concern or theme
    • - the case centers around the couple's adopted children
    • - the plot centers on two young men
  2. Cause an argument or discussion to focus on (a specified issue)
    • - he is centering his discussion on an analysis of patterns of mortality
  3. (of an activity) Occur mainly in or around (a specified place)
    • - the mercantile association was centered in northern Germany
  4. Place in the middle
    • - to center the needle, turn the knob
  5. Pass the ball back from the ground to another player to begin a down; snap

Noun
  1. The middle point of a circle or sphere, equidistant from every point on the circumference or surface

  2. A point or part that is equally distant from all sides, ends, or surfaces of something; the middle
    • - the center of the ceiling
    • - the center of a vast territory
  3. A pivot or axis of rotation
    • - the galactic rotation of the solar system around the galactic center
  4. A political party or group holding moderate opinions

  5. The middle player in a line or group in many games
    • - Terry played center on the basketball team
  6. A core, such as the filling in a piece of chocolate
    • - truffles with liqueur centers
  7. A conical adjustable support for a workpiece in a lathe or similar machine

  8. A place or group of buildings where a specified activity is concentrated
    • - a center for medical research
    • - a shopping center
  9. A point at which an activity or quality is at its most intense and from which it spreads
    • - the city was a center of discontent
  10. The point on which an activity or process is focused
    • - two issues at the center of the health-care debate
  11. The most important place in the respect specified
    • - Geneva was then the center of the international world
  1. (centre) a low-lying region in central France
  2. (centre) center: move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
  3. (centre) concentrate: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
  4. (centre) center: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
  5. (centre) center: a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
  6. (centre) center: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
  7. Centrès is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.
  8. (Centre (basketball)) The center, colloquially known as the five or the pivot, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. ...
  9. (Centre (category)) Let be a (strict) monoidal category. The centre of , denoted , is the category whose objects are pairs (A,u) consisting of an object A of and a natural isomorphism satisfying
  10. (Centre (Fourth Way)) In G.I. Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teaching, also known as The Work, centers or brains refer to separate apparatuses within a being that dictate its specific functions. There are three main centers: intellectual, emotional, and moving. ...
  11. (Centre (gridiron football)) Center (C) is a position in American football and Canadian football (spelled centre in Canadian English). The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense. ...
  12. (Centre (group theory)) In abstract algebra, the center of a group G, denoted Z(G),The notation Z is from German , meaning "center". is the set of elements that commute with every element of G. In set-builder notation,
  13. (Centre (ice hockey)) The centre (center in the U.S.A.) in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. ...
  14. (Centre (Party)) The German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei or just Zentrum) was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. The party dissolved itself on 5 July, 1933 as a condition of the conclusion of a Concordat between the Holy See and Germany.
  15. (centre) Alternative form of center
  16. (CENTRE) The central areas of Australia usually focuses around Alice Springs
  17. (Centre (Mathematics)) What a bloodhound does while chasing a woman: Centre.
  18. (Centre (approved)) an educational institution authorized by City & Guilds to run its examinations / deliver its qualifications.
  19. (Centre) Generally speaking, the vertical axis of a tropical cyclone, usually defined by the location of minimum wind or minimum pressure. The cyclone centre position can vary with altitude. In advisories, refers to the centre position at the surface.
  20. (Centre) The Canadian spelling of “center,” and there are “metres” here, but they have no problem with “otter.”  They also misspell “labour” and “humour” by U.S. standards.
  21. (Centre) The centrally marked line separating the two ends of a domino tile. Also known as the "divider" or "bar".
  22. (Centre) The centres, or 'centre three-quarters', (numbered 3 and 4) are positioned one in from the wings and together complete what is known as the three-quarter line. They are divided into left and right centres. ...
  23. (Centre) The mould or timber frame used as a support when turning an arch.
  24. (Centre) The part of the body chosen to lead or dominate the movement.
  25. (Centre) The player responsible for leading the line's offence and taking faceoffs.