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• past participle of center.
• past tense form of center.

centered

American  

[sen-terd] / ˈsɛn tərd /

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.

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centered British  

/ ˈsɛntəd /

adjective

1. the US spelling of centred

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Other Word Forms

• uncentered
  adjective
• well-centered
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of centered

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

Example Sentences

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centered

She always aspired to have lots of kids, her own mother testified, and even her career, as a labor and delivery nurse, was centered around bringing children into the world.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

My long-term bitcoin bull thesis, which I laid out in the first chapter of my 2022 book with Simon & Schuster, has always centered on scarcity and liquidity.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

There were the Oreos that became boycott fodder after the brand released an ad centered on a young man coming out to his family.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

A decades-old puzzle in nuclear physics has centered on a strange question: why do some atomic nuclei release more low-energy gamma rays than scientists expect?

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

I’ll walk in, in slow motion, perfectly centered in a beam of flattering light.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera