centre in English dictionary

  • centre

    Meanings and definitions of "centre"

    • (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
    • (geometry) The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference of the circle.
    • (geometry) The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the surface of the sphere.
    • (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or all points within the figure for a centre of volume).
    • A place where some function or activity occurs.
    • A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
    • (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
    • (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
    • (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
    • (Canadian Football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
    • (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
    • (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
    • (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the centre of an area.
    • (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
    • (transitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
    • noun
      (British, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand)
      Alternative spelling of [i]center[/i]
    • verb
      (British, Canadian, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand)
      Alternative spelling of [i]center[/i]
    • The point on a segment that is midway between the ends.
    • noun
      an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
    • noun
      a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
    • noun
      a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
    • noun
      a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
    • noun
      a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
    • noun
      the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
    • noun
      the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party"
    • noun
      the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
    • verb
      direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
    • verb
      move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"

    Synonyms of "centre" in English dictionary

    neural structure, heart, building are the top synonyms of "centre" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of centre

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza centre, lm  liczba mnoga centres centre, centred, centres, centring
    • centre ( plural  centres) (UK, Canada, Australian)
    • centre ( third-person singular simple present centres, present participle centring, simple past and past participle centred)
    • centre (plural centres)
    • centre (third-person singular simple present centres, present participle centring or centreing, simple past and past participle centred)
  • Centre

    Meanings and definitions of "centre"

    • A région of France.
    • proper
      A former région of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire
    • Centre, France
    • noun
      a low-lying region in central France

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