Definitions for centre
ˈsɑ̃ trəcen·tre

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1. Centre(noun)

   a low-lying region in central France

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

   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, midpoint(noun)

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

4. center, centre(noun)

   a place where some particular activity is concentrated

   "they received messages from several centers"

5. center, centre(noun)

   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-gritty(noun)

   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 attention(noun)

   the object upon which interest and attention focuses

   "his stories made him the center of the party"

8. center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre(noun)

   a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

   "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

9. center, centre(verb)

   a building dedicated to a particular activity

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

10. center, centre(verb)

    move into the center

    "That vase in the picture is not centered"

11. concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet(verb)

    direct one's attention on something

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. centre(Noun)

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

2. Centre(ProperNoun)

   A région of France.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Centre(verb)

   to be placed in a center; to be central

2. Centre(verb)

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

3. Centre(verb)

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

4. Centre(verb)

   to collect to a point; to concentrate

5. Centre(verb)

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

6. Centre

   see Center

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. centre

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

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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  

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, recent, tenrec

How to pronounce centre?

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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. Natasha Walter:

   The behaviour of staff, particularly male staff, in Yarl's Wood detention centre, is adding to the trauma of survivors of sexual violence.

2. Rimbert Kloosterman:

   Our people are investigating the attack together with the people from the National Centre for Cyber Security.

3. 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.

4. Harry Theochari:

   A dramatic reduction in the availability of debt finance in the London market means that shipping is increasingly turning to structured finance and private equity, This gives New York a distinct advantage, as it has the largest capital markets in the world and far greater access to private equity than any other global financial centre.

5. Gary Hunt:

   Normally when we have cliffs like this, it is in the middle of nowhere. I have never been to a place with an amazing cliff right in the city centre.

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