Centre

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centre (Brit.)
n. middle, midpoint, place located in the middle; organization or place which offers a specific kind of service or activity (i.e. medical center, sports center, etc.); filling of food (such as doughnut, chocolate, etc.); main area of a city; focus of attention; (Ice Hockey) player who takes part in a face-off at the start of play; (Baseball) center field
 
v. place in the center, gather to a center; focus on a subject; be at a centre


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Center
Center or centre (see American and British English spelling differences) may refer to: ScienceCentre (geometry), the middle of an objectCenter of symmetry, in geometry, a point that is well-distant from the boundary of a figure Center (group theory), in abstract algebra, the subgroup consisting of those elements which commute with all other elementsCenter (algebra), other uses of "center" in algebraGeometric centerCenter of gravity (military)Center of mass
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Centre
Noun
1. a low-lying region in central France
(hypernym) French region
(part-holonym) France, French Republic

 
centre
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) center, middle, heart, eye
(hypernym) area, country
(hyponym) center stage, centre stage
2. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
(synonym) center, midpoint
(hypernym) point
(hyponym) bight
(derivation) center
3. a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
(synonym) center
(hypernym) place, property
(hyponym) nerve center, nerve centre
4. the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
(synonym) center
(hypernym) sweet, confection, confectionery
(substance-holonym) chocolate candy
5. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
(synonym) center, nerve center, nerve centre
(hypernym) neural structure
(hyponym) auditory center
6. a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
(synonym) center
(hypernym) building, edifice
(hyponym) burn center
Verb
1. move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
(synonym) center
(hypernym) move, displace
(derivation) center, midpoint
2. direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
(synonym) concentrate, focus, center, pore, rivet
(hypernym) think, cogitate, cerebrate
(hyponym) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
(verb-group) rivet


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centre (m)
n. center, middle; focus; unit; focusing
 
centrer
v. center

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centrar
v. center

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