CENTRE
\sˈɛntə], \sˈɛntə], \s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\
Definitions of CENTRE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
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a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
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move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
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a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
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a low-lying region in central France
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the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
By Princeton University
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a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
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a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
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move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
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a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
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a low-lying region in central France
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Alt. of seal
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Alt. of punch
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To be placed in a center; to be central.
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To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.
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To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
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To collect to a point; to concentrate.
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To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
By Oddity Software
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Alt. of seal
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Alt. of punch
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To be placed in a center; to be central.
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To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.
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To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
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To collect to a point; to concentrate.
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To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To place in or on a center; draw to a center; determine the center of; be or converge in the center.
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The middle point of anything, especially of a circle.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The middle point of anything; the middle or central object; the head of an organization; a middle party; the troops in the line between the wings.
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To place on a centre; to collect to a point.
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To be collected to a point; to be placed in the centre. Centre of gravity, the point about which the parts of a body, when left free, exactly balance each other.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The middle point or place.
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To place on the middle point; to collect to one point; to settle exclusively on one object; to rest on.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
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