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. See centred
   the US spelling of centred

Other Words From

• un·centered adjective
• well-centered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of centered¹

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

Example Sentences

Shatner is one of those twinkly, winking, self-aware personalities—a man who’s too talented not to be taken seriously but too attuned, too centered to take himself that way.

From Time

The next hour or so trickled by as I did my best to stay calm and centered.

From Time

Thus begins an episode of The Mindy Project centered around a guy trying to have butt sex with his girlfriend.

From The Daily Beast

The brash, engaged, occasionally self-centered ex-lawmaker seemed to retreat inward and practically disappear.

From The Daily Beast

Another popular talking point on the Sunday shows centered around the timing of the Keystone XL vote.

From The Daily Beast

He does take up a leadership role, but his motivations are somewhat self-centered.

From The Daily Beast

Season 4, like the beginning of the series, is centered on another failed drone strike.

From The Daily Beast

All her interest seemed to be centered upon the delicacies placed before her.

From Project Gutenberg

Its glory is centered chiefly in its west front, with deep buttresses and many sculptured images of kings and saints.

From Project Gutenberg

Matt pondered those words as well as he could with every faculty centered in the running of the car.

From Project Gutenberg

She could not write frankly without telling of Henri, and to this point everything had centered about Henri.

From Project Gutenberg

The purple, lazy lids of her eyes moved, the slow weary-wise gaze centered on me, her hand moved.

From Project Gutenberg