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  centre

  noun

  center.
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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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centre Centre centred centring

Jones added that there had been "detailed conversations" with an energy and data centre company, but said he could not name it due to commercial confidentiality.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Forty-five years after Formula 1 last roared around Madrid, the Spanish capital is celebrating its return this weekend with a brand-new circuit, accessible from the city centre via only a metro ride.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Northumbria Police had a similar ban in place in Newcastle city centre on Saturday.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The World Athletics Ultimate Championship is posed as something different in the sport, but some things stay the same - pole vault star Armand Duplantis taking centre stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

They could then have continued to claim that the earth stands still at the centre of the universe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Money raised by her mountain climbs will now be used for the The Centre for Holistic Wellbeing and Recovery.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The military is expanding, and the number of veterans to take care of is piling up, said Oleksandra Myronenko, economist at Ukraine’s Centre for Economic Strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

"Humans haven't seen temperatures as hot as today for, arguably, at least the last 100,000 years," Samantha Burgess from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, which oversees Copernicus, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

"I do think it's a bit more positive because you feel like you're kind of being penalised for working," she said, while at the group at Woodvale Community Centre.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

There was a sign in Sauk Centre all right: “Birthplace of Sinclair Lewis.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

The recent debate has centred around Plan 2 loans, which were issued in England between September 2012 and July 2023, and are still issued in Wales.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

For many top British athletes, a 2026 season centred around a Commonwealth Games and European Championship on home soil would probably have finished at the Diamond League Final.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Critics, however, said the move reversed steps taken by Japan to modernise its corporate culture long centred around marathon work hours.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Speaking in Berlin on the same day, Environment Minister Carsten Schneider of junior coalition partner the centre-left SPD offered a radically different vision, centred on restoring rivers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

In my case, the excitement centred around my new tricycle.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025

Murnau's silent film Nosferatu in 1922, centring on a character famous for the plagued rats he brought in his wake, came shortly after the Spanish influenza pandemic.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024

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

Ovechkin went to the net where he neatly deflected a hard centring pass from Max Pacioretty into the top corner.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

This story is told ten or twelve times, all interest centring in the characters of the speakers, in their points of view and attitudes of mind.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry