Definitions for Centre
ˈsɑ̃ trəcen·tre

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Centrenoun

   a low-lying region in central France

2. 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"

3. center, centre, midpointnoun

   a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

4. center, centrenoun

   a place where some particular activity is concentrated

   "they received messages from several centers"

5. center, centrenoun

   the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

6. 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"

7. 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"

8. 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"

9. center, centreverb

   a building dedicated to a particular activity

   "they were raising money to build a new center for research"

10. center, centreverb

    move into the center

    "That vase in the picture is not centered"

11. concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivetverb

    direct one's attention on something

    "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. centrenoun

   Spelling of center (please click the American spelling to see the definitions).

2. Centrenoun

   A région of France.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. To Centreverb

   1. To rest on; to repose on; as bodies when they gain an equilibrium; to meet in a point, as lines in a centre.

   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.

   2. To be placed in the midst or centre.

   As God in heav’n
   Is centre, yet extends to all; so thou,
   Centring, receiv’st from all those orbs. Par. Lost, b. ix.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Centreverb

   to be placed in a center; to be central

2. Centreverb

   to be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center

3. Centreverb

   to place or fix in the center or on a central point

4. Centreverb

   to collect to a point; to concentrate

5. Centreverb

   to form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center

6. Centre

   see Center

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1. 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.

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1. 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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. centre

   A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body; the middle point or place of anything.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. centre

   A type of building.

   The community centre was open every evening.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 24, 2020  

2. ---

   centre

   The middle.

   We were at the central station which is in the middle of the town.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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1. Centre

   Center vs. Centre -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Center and Centre.

Matched Categories

1. • France
   • French Region
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Centre' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #390

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Centre' in Written Corpus Frequency: #636

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Centre' in Nouns Frequency: #92

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Centre' in Verbs Frequency: #818

Anagrams for Centre »

1. center

2. recent

3. tenrec

How to pronounce Centre?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Centre in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Centre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Centre in a Sentence

1. Stefan Worrall:

   The Middle East is now front and centre in terms of geopolitical risk.

2. Kelsey Hardwick:

   Our hearts are broken, Tom Parker was the centre of our world and we can't imagine life without Tom Parker infectious smile and energetic presence.

3. Gilbert Keith Chesterton:

   The soul goes round upon a wheel of stars and all things return....Good and evil go round in a wheel that is one thing and not many. Do you not realise in your heart, do you not believe behind all your beliefs, that there is but one reality and we are its shadows and that all things are but aspects of one thing a centre where men melt into Man and Man into God 'No,' said Father Brown.

4. Richard Reid:

   Any one country trying to introduce gold plating of regulation in these areas can find the business moves somewhere else, in this case there would have to be something done at an EU level. You can always come up with moral suasion and EU guidelines, but sometimes just turning the spotlight on one centre can bring pressure on that particular regime.

5. Sarah Hanson-Young:

   I have spoken with people who are locked up in the centre and they say that there is widespread unrest and fires across the facility.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Centre
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Centre
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Centre
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Centre
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Centre
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Centre
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Centre
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html