centered

[sen-terd]

adjective

1. having a central axis.

   a centered arc.

2. equidistant from all bordering or adjacent areas; situated in the center.

   The illustration was centered on the page.

3. Printing.,  set above the base line at approximately the level of the hyphen.

   a centered dot between syllables.

centered

/ ˈsɛntəd /

adjective

1. the US spelling of centred

Other Word Forms

• uncentered adjective
• well-centered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of centered¹

First recorded in 1580–90; center + -ed ³

Example Sentences

More than a hundred people lined up with flowers, candles and flags, waiting for their turn to place them before a memorial that centered on a larger-than-life photo of Kirk.

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Of course, this particular high court ruling — and our general angst — has centered on Latino immigrants.

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Slash would go on to write the music for six Halloween Horror Nights houses centered around Universal’s classic monster characters.

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The show is centered around her “Linear Language” series, where Hurtado abstracted various words into geometric shapes and patterns to create a new kind of portrait.

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For a film centered on William Shakespeare, the most famous wordsmith in history, that felt oddly fitting.

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