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  centre

  noun

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  Centre

  noun

  the sparsely inhabited central region of Australia

centre

American  

[sen-ter] / ˈsɛn tər /

noun

Chiefly British.

centred, centring

1. center.

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centre ¹ British  

/ ˈsɛntə /

noun

1. geometry

   1. 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

   2. the point within a body through which a specified force may be considered to act, such as the centre of gravity

2. the point, axis, or pivot about which a body rotates

3. a point, area, or part that is approximately in the middle of a larger area or volume

4. a place at which some specified activity is concentrated

   a shopping centre

5. a person or thing that is a focus of interest

6. a place of activity or influence

   a centre of power

7. a person, group, policy, or thing in the middle

8. (usually capital) politics

   1. a political party or group favouring moderation, esp the moderate members of a legislative assembly

   2. ( as modifier )

      a Centre-Left alliance

9. physiol any part of the central nervous system that regulates a specific function

   respiratory centre

10. a bar with a conical point upon which a workpiece or part may be turned or ground

11. a punch mark or small conical hole in a part to be drilled, which enables the point of the drill to be located accurately

12. sport

    1. a player who plays in the middle of the forward line

    2. the act or an instance of passing the ball from a wing to the middle of the field, court, etc

13. basketball

    1. the position of a player who jumps for the ball at the start of play

    2. the player in this position

14. archery

    1. the ring around the bull's eye

    2. a shot that hits this ring

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verb

1. to move towards, mark, put, or be at a centre

2. (tr) to focus or bring together

   to centre one's thoughts

3. to have as a main point of view or theme

   the novel centred on crime

4. (tr) to adjust or locate (a workpiece or part) using a centre

5. (intr; foll by on or round) to have as a centre

6. (tr) sport to pass (the ball) into the middle of the field or court

Centre ² British  

noun

1. the sparsely inhabited central region of Australia

2. a region of central France: generally low-lying; drained chiefly by the Rivers Loire, Loir, and Cher

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Etymology

Origin of centre

C14: from Latin centrum the stationary point of a compass, from Greek kentron needle, from kentein to prick

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Example Sentences

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centre Centre centred centring

The same photograph is front and centre of the Daily Telegraph, paired with the headline: "King: Slavery was a 'great suffering'".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Denmark, Austria, Greece, Germany and the Netherlands are working to have one centre running in 2027 -- with Rwanda tipped as the likely host country.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

He says running the centre comes with tremendous financial challenges.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

In response to the migrant crisis in the Spanish territory of Ceuta this year, the proposal also envisages a "quick reaction force" and a new monitoring centre to scan social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The room smelt close and stale, the smell of a room seldom if ever used, whose ornaments are herded together in the centre of a bed and left there, covered with a sheet.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Professor Holm Uhlig, a pediatric gastroenterologist and Director of the Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford's Nuffield Department of Medicine, was a senior author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, which has published the report, is urging politicians to tackle "systematic failures" in the criminal justice system.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Soglayev has appealed to keep the case in the Dubai International Financial Centre, said his lawyer in the U.A.E.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Some 160 attacks have been recorded on media and journalists in Serbia this year, says the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Polar Cinema was Churchill’s lone movie house, a single-screen theater in the Town Centre Complex that showed new movies about a month after they came out everywhere else.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

“PLS continues to demonstrate its countercyclical investment strategy with a development approach centred on being in the market to reap outsize benefit from price fly-up scenarios,” analyst Mitch Ryan says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Duggan, who was brought up in south-west London, said the scheme "challenged conventional suburban housing layouts centred on roads, private gardens and clearly defined front and back spaces".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Yet again, a post-match focus centred on how much Carrick's team ran, even though running for the sake of it has proved to be of little benefit.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It centred around a slew of TikTok videos narrated by a distinctively "deep" and "lustrous" voice that Tsuda, 55, said can only be his.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

There was a feature about the great families which centred round the doom of Arthur.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Gates's core explanation for his association with Epstein has been that the relationship was transactional, centring on discussions about philanthropy and potential funding for his foundation that ultimately came to nothing.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

"He doesn't care about the noise and is really good at centring me."

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

"We will find a way to continue in a unified way centring the grassroots of our movement."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025

Before launching into the song Betty she hinted that Welsh folklore was part of the inspiration for the LP's creation, centring as it does around a "woman wandering through nature".

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024

The fact of the existence of a disused empty vault like this under a house is enough to give rise to all sorts of weird beliefs centring round it.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford

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