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centre
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Meanings
noun
  • the point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere.
  • the point from which an activity or process is directed, or on which it is focused.
    E.g. the city was a centre of discontent
  • a place or group of buildings where a specified activity is concentrated.
    E.g. a conference centre
verb
  • occur mainly in or around (a specified place).
    E.g. the textile industry was centred in Lancashire and Yorkshire
  • place in the middle.
    E.g. to centre the needle, turn the knob