What does Centre mean?
Definitions for Centre
ˈsɑ̃ trəcen·tre
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Centre.
Princeton's WordNet
Centrenoun
a low-lying region in central France
center, centre, middle, heart, eyenoun
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
"it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
center, centre, midpointnoun
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
center, centrenoun
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
"they received messages from several centers"
center, centrenoun
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
center, centre, center of attention, centre of attentionnoun
the object upon which interest and attention focuses
"his stories made him the center of the party"
center, centre, nerve center, nerve centrenoun
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
center, centreverb
a building dedicated to a particular activity
"they were raising money to build a new center for research"
center, centreverb
move into the center
"That vase in the picture is not centered"
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivetverb
direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
Wiktionary
centrenoun
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Centrenoun
A région of France.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CENTREnoun
The middle; that which is equally distant from all extremities.
Etymology: centrum, Lat.
The heav’ns themselves, the planets, and this centre,
Observe degree, priority, and place. William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida.If we frame an image of a round body all of fire, the flame proceeding from it, would diffuse itself every way; so that the source, serving for the centre there, would be round about an huge sphere of fire and light. Kenelm Digby, on Bodies.
To Centreverb
To place on a centre; to fix as on a centre.
Etymology: from the noun.
One foot he centred, and the other turn’d
Round through the vast profundity obscure. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vii. l. 228.By thy each look, and thought, and care, ’tis shown,
Thy joys are centred all in me alone. Matthew Prior.He may take a range all the world over, and draw in all that wide air and circumference of sin and vice, and centre it in his own breast. South.
O impudent, regardful of thy own,
Whose thoughts are centred on thyself alone! Dryden.To Centreverb
Where there is no visible truth wherein to centre, errour is as wide as men’s fancies, and may wander to eternity. Decay of Piety.
What hopes you had in Diomede, lay down;
Our hopes must centre on ourselves alone. John Dryden, Æneid.The common acknowledgements of the body will at length centre in him, who appears sincerely to aim at the common benefit. Francis Atterbury.
It was attested by the visible centring of all the old prophecies in the person of Christ, and by the completion of these prophecies since, which he himself uttered. Francis Atterbury.
As God in heav’n
Is centre, yet extends to all; so thou,
Centring, receiv’st from all those orbs. Par. Lost, b. ix.
ChatGPT
centre
A centre is the middle point of something or the point that is equally distant from the extremes or outer limits. It can also refer to a place where a specific activity or service is concentrated.
Webster Dictionary
Centreverb
to be placed in a center; to be central
Centreverb
to be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center
Centreverb
to place or fix in the center or on a central point
Centreverb
to collect to a point; to concentrate
Centreverb
to form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center
Centre
see Center
Wikidata
Centre
In geometry, the centre of an object is a point in some sense in the middle of the object. If geometry is regarded as the study of isometry groups then the centre is a fixed point of the isometries.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Centre
Center, sen′tėr, n. the middle point of anything, esp. a circle or sphere: the middle: the point toward which all things move or are drawn: the chief leader of an organisation—head-centre: the men of moderate political opinions in the French Chamber, sitting right in front of the president, with extreme men on the right and on the left—further subdivisions are Right-centre and Left-centre: the Ultramontane party in Germany.—v.t. to place on or collect to a centre.—v.i. to be placed in the middle:—pr.p. cen′tring, cen′tering; pa.p. cen′tred, cen′tered.—adj. Cen′tral, belonging to the centre, principal, dominant: belonging to a nerve-centre, of affections caused by injury to the brain or spinal cord.—ns. Centralisā′tion, Cen′tralism, the tendency to administer by the sovereign or central government matters which would be otherwise under local management.—v.t. Cen′tralise, to draw to a centre.—n. Central′ity, central position.—advs. Cen′trally, Cen′trically.—ns. Cen′tre-bit, a joiner's tool, turning on a centre, for boring circular holes—one of the chief tools of the burglar; Cen′tre-board, a shifting keel, fitted to drop below and in line with the keel proper in order to increase or diminish the draught of a boat—much used in United States racing yachts; Cen′tre-piece, an ornament for the middle of a table, ceiling, &c.—adjs. Cen′tric, Cen′trical, relating to, placed in, or containing the centre.—ns. Cen′tricalness, Centric′ity; Cen′trum, the body of a vertebra.—Central fire, said of a cartridge in which the fulminate is placed in the centre of the base, as opposed to rim fire; Central forces, forces whose action is to cause a moving body to tend towards a fixed point called the centre of force.—Centre of attraction, the point to which bodies tend by the force of gravity; Centre of buoyancy, or displacement, the point in an immersed body at which the resultant vertical pressure may be supposed to act; Centre of gravity, a certain point, invariably situated with regard to the body, through which the resultant of the attracting forces between the earth and its several molecules always passes; Centre of inertia, or mass, the centre of a set of parallel forces acting on all the particles of a body, each force being proportional to the mass of the particle on which it acts; Centre of oscillation, the point in a body occupied by that particle which is accelerated and retarded to an equal amount, and which therefore moves as if it were a single pendulum unconnected with the rest of the body; Centre of percussion, the point in which the direction of a blow, given to a body, intersects the plane in which the fixed axis and the centre of inertia lie, making the body begin to rotate about a fixed axis, without causing any pressure on the axis; Centre of pressure, the point at which the direction of a single force, which is equivalent to the fluid pressure on the plane surface, meets the surface. [Fr.,—L. centrum—Gr. kentron, a sharp point.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
centre
(usually CENTER). The division of a fleet between the van and the rear of the line of battle, and between the weather and lee divisions in the order of sailing.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
centre
A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body; the middle point or place of anything.
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Rank popularity for the word 'Centre' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #390
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Centre' in Written Corpus Frequency: #636
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Centre' in Nouns Frequency: #92
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Centre' in Verbs Frequency: #818
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Centre in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Centre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Centre in a Sentence
Credit Suisse equity strategist:
I think those Chinese concerns are still front and centre, it's not just Australian banks, it's developed-world banks that are actually taking a hit on China concerns.
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Control over Gécamines - the key power centre in Congo’s mining sector - has been an aspect of the power struggle between Tshisekedi and Kabila since 2019. And just as Tshisekedi asserts control over parliament, this is another win for him, the restructuring strengthens the influence of Lukonde, the director-general whom Tshisekedi appointed, and isolates Yuma, who loses some of his closest associates.
I am very grateful to the Chinese treatment centre and the Almighty God that I lived to see this day. I did not know I would make it.
W. B. Yeats, the second coming:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre, The falcone cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...
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