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How to use centre in a sentence
ORCs are too symmetrical, and we don’t see a cluster at their centre.
‘WTF?’: Newly Discovered Ghostly Circles in the Sky Can’t Be Explained by Current Theories, and Astronomers Are Excited | Ray Norris | December 30, 2020 | Singularity HubThat is what our officers are looking at upstairs in the real time crime centre right now.
Podcast: Facial recognition is quietly being used to control access to housing and social services | Tate Ryan-Mosley | December 2, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAcross many of its centres in Hyderabad and Bangalore that look like spaceships from the inside, UrbanKisaan is growing crops, stacked one on top of another.
UrbanKisaan is betting on vertical farming to bring pesticide-free vegetables to consumers and fight India’s water crisis | Manish Singh | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchWhile the Narendra Modi government at the centre has increased excise duty on petrol and diesel, several state governments have raised the value-added tax they charge.
The new information centre has been added to the top of everyone’s Facebook feed.
How search giants are helping spread COVID-19 awareness | Michael McManus | May 14, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
We agreed on the Sheppard centre shopping mall in north Toronto because it was convenient.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything | Soraya Roberts | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe position the Donetsk photograph published in Paris Match was taken is just before the red arrow in the centre of the map.
MH17 Missile Can't Hide From These Internet Sleuths | Eliot Higgins | August 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA Brit by birth, the eight-armed oracle was born in Weymouth, England, in 2008 at the Sea Life centre.
The Amazing Tale of Paul the Psychic Octopus: Germany’s World Cup Soothsayer | Emily Shire | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn MSF centre elsewhere in Guinea was attacked in April by youths saying the charity brought Ebola into their country.
"Out of Control" Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Could Have 1,500 Victims Who Don't Know They're Carriers | The Telegraph | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThankfully, a watchdog group of unskewers at the Science Media centre examined the actual facts.
His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonIn the centre of the room is an oval table; some dozen men are sitting at it; as many more stand behind their chairs.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsFor example, there is a vast discussion afoot upon the questions that centre upon Property, its rights and its limitations.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe attack was commenced by the allies under Blucher upon the French centre, with a fury irresistible.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe main entrance is in the centre of the St. Martin's Lane front, and consists of a central roadway for carts and wagons, 15ft.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
British Dictionary definitions for centre (1 of 2)
US center
/ (ˈsɛntə) /
geometry
the midpoint of any line or figure, esp the point within a circle or sphere that is equidistant from any point on the circumference or surface
the point within a body through which a specified force may be considered to act, such as the centre of gravity
the point, axis, or pivot about which a body rotates
a point, area, or part that is approximately in the middle of a larger area or volume
a place at which some specified activity is concentrated: a shopping centre
a person or thing that is a focus of interest
a place of activity or influence: a centre of power
a person, group, policy, or thing in the middle
(usually capital) politics
a political party or group favouring moderation, esp the moderate members of a legislative assembly
(as modifier): a Centre-Left alliance
physiol any part of the central nervous system that regulates a specific function: respiratory centre
a bar with a conical point upon which a workpiece or part may be turned or ground
a punch mark or small conical hole in a part to be drilled, which enables the point of the drill to be located accurately
sport
a player who plays in the middle of the forward line
the act or an instance of passing the ball from a wing to the middle of the field, court, etc
basketball
the position of a player who jumps for the ball at the start of play
the player in this position
archery
the ring around the bull's eye
a shot that hits this ring
to move towards, mark, put, or be at a centre
(tr) to focus or bring together: to centre one's thoughts
(intr often foll by on) to have as a main point of view or theme: the novel centred on crime
(tr) to adjust or locate (a workpiece or part) using a centre
(intr; foll by on or round) to have as a centre
(tr) sport to pass (the ball) into the middle of the field or court
Origin of centre
1British Dictionary definitions for Centre (2 of 2)
the Centre (ˈsɛntə) the sparsely inhabited central region of Australia
(French sɑ̃trə) a region of central France: generally low-lying; drained chiefly by the Rivers Loire, Loir, and Cher
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