centrenoun [ C ]
UK US center uk/ˈsen.tər/us/ˈsen.t̬ɚ/centre noun [ C ] (MIDDLE)
A2 the middle point or part:
There was a large table in the centre of the room.
the town centre
centre of attention
C2 the person or thing that everyone is most interested in and pays most attention to:
She's the centre of attention everywhere she goes.
be at the centre of sth
to be most involved in a situation:
Mark was at the centre of the argument.
A social worker was at the centre of the scandal.
More examples
- They've got a fabulous apartment in the centre of Paris.
- Make a fold across the centre of the card.
- I love those chocolates with the caramel centres.
- Is that cake cooked properly in the centre?
- Try to hit the centre of the target.
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Centres of objects
- bowel
- center
- center of gravity
- central
- centrality
- centrally
- centre of gravity
- core
- hub
- inner ring
- innermost
- inside
- interior
- median
- mid
- middle
- midpoint
- midway
- off-centre
- the bowels of sth idiom
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Famous people
Taking part and getting involved
centre noun [ C ] (PLACE)
A2 a place or building, especially one where a particular activity happens:
a sports/leisure/health centre
a garden/shopping centre
Grants will be given to establish centres of excellence (= places where a particular activity is done extremely well) in this field of research.
More examples
- The centre provides expert advice for people with financial problems.
- He's gone down to the health centre to collect his prescriptions.
- He works in a sports centre instructing people in the use of the gym equipment.
- In the refugee centres we saw many children whose stomachs were distended because of lack of food.
- Have you seen the designs for the new shopping centre?
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Public buildings
- art gallery
- basilica
- bath
- bathhouse
- chancellery
- city hall
- gallery
- guildhall
- hall
- Hall of Fame
- leisure centre
- office building
- pavilion
- public library
- reference library
- register office
- registry
- teardown
- telephone exchange
- town hall
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centrenoun [ S, + sing/pl verb ], adjective
UK US center uk/ˈsen.tər/us/ˈsen.t̬ɚ/C2 in politics, the people in a group who hold opinions that are not extreme but are between two opposites:
His political views are known to be left of/right of centre.
a centre left party
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Political movements & groups
- alt-right
- ANC
- antidisestablishmentarianism
- awkward
- Blairite
- Islamist
- labor
- left
- left-winger
- leftist
- PAC
- Plaid Cymru
- political action committee
- republican
- right-winger
- the SDLP
- the Third Way
- the SDLP
- Whig
- Zionism
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centreverb [ T ]
UK US center uk/ˈsen.tər/us/ˈsen.t̬ɚ/to put something in the middle of an area:
Centre (= put at equal distances from the left and right sides of the page) all the headings in this document.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Centres of objects
- bowel
- center
- center of gravity
- central
- centrality
- centrally
- centre of gravity
- core
- hub
- inner ring
- innermost
- inside
- interior
- median
- mid
- middle
- midpoint
- midway
- off-centre
- the bowels of sth idiom
Phrasal verb(s)
centre around/on sth