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 Definitions of centre  [ˈsɑ̃ trə]  

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Definition of 'centre' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Centre
a metropolitan region in central France, SW of Paris. 2,371,000; 15,390 sq. mi. (39,062 sq. km).
centrifuge.


Definition of 'centre' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Centre
a low-lying region in central France

2. (noun) center, centre, middle, heart, eye
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"

3. (noun) center, centre, midpoint
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

4. (noun) center, centre
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
"they received messages from several centers"

5. (noun) center, centre
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

6. (noun) kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
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"

7. (noun) center, centre, center of attention, centre of attention
the object upon which interest and attention focuses
"his stories made him the center of the party"

8. (noun) center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

9. (verb) center, centre
a building dedicated to a particular activity
"they were raising money to build a new center for research"

10. (verb) center, centre
move into the center
"That vase in the picture is not centered"

11. (verb) concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"


Definition of 'centre' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) centre
center

2.  centre
city/town centre
the downtown area
a parade in the city centre; ***Centre the vase on the table.


Definition of 'centre' Webster Dictionary 

1.  centre
see Center

2. (verb) centre
to be placed in a center; to be central

3. (verb) centre
to be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center

4. (verb) centre
to place or fix in the center or on a central point

5. (verb) centre
to collect to a point; to concentrate

6. (verb) centre
to form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center


Translation of 'centre' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the middle point, or middle of anything; the point or area farthest from the edge
the centre of a circle; the city centre.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: middelpunt, middel; sentr Arabic flag Arabic: نُقْطَةُ المَرْكِز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: среда
Brazilian flag Brazilian: centro Czech flag Czech: střed, centrum German flag German: der Mittelpunkt
Danish flag Danish: midte; midtpunkt; centrum Greek flag Greek: κέντρο Spanish flag Spanish: centro
Estonian flag Estonian: keskpunkt, keskus Farsi flag Farsi: مرکز؛ کانون Finnish flag Finnish: keskusta
French flag French: centre Hebrew flag Hebrew: מֶרכַּז Hindi flag Hindi: केन्द्र बिन्दु
Croatian flag Croatian: središte Hungarian flag Hungarian: középpont Indonesian flag Indonesian: titik pusat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: miðja; miðbær Italian flag Italian: centro Japanese flag Japanese: 中心
Korean flag Korean: 중앙 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: centras, vidurys Latvian flag Latvian: centrs
Malay flag Malay: bahagian tengah Dutch flag Dutch: middelpunt, centrum Norwegian flag Norwegian: midte, midtpunkt, sentrum
Polish flag Polish: centrum Persian flag Persian: مرکز؛ کانون Pashto flag Pashto: مركز: دشورې مركزې غړې چه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: centro Romanian flag Romanian: centru Russian flag Russian: центр
Slovak flag Slovak: stred, centrum Slovenian flag Slovenian: središče Serbian flag Serbian: centar
Swedish flag Swedish: centrum Thai flag Thai: ศูนย์กลาง Turkish flag Turkish: merkez
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 中心點 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: центр; середина Urdu flag Urdu: مرکز ، درمیانہ حصہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trung tâm Chinese flag Chinese: 中心点

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