centered

[ sen-terd ]

/ ˈsɛn tərd /

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adjective

having a central axis: a centered arc.

equidistant from all bordering or adjacent areas; situated in the center: The illustration was centered on the page.

Printing. set above the base line at approximately the level of the hyphen: a centered dot between syllables.

Origin of centered

First recorded in 1580–90; center + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM centered

un·cen·tered, adjective well-cen·tered, adjective

Words nearby centered

center wheel, center-fire, center-pivot irrigation, center-weighted light meter, centerboard, centered, centerfold, centering, centerline, centerpiece, centerpunch

Definition for centered (2 of 2)

center

[ sen-ter ]

/ ˈsɛn tər /

noun

Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.

a point, pivot, axis, etc., around which anything rotates or revolves: The sun is the center of the solar system.

the source of an influence, action, force, etc.: the center of a problem.

a point, place, person, etc., upon which interest, emotion, etc., focuses: His family is the center of his life.

a principal point, place, or object: a shipping center.

a building or part of a building used as a meeting place for a particular group or having facilities for certain activities: a youth center; The company has a complete recreation center in the basement.

an office or other facility providing a specific service or dealing with a particular emergency: a flood-relief center; a crisis center.

a person, thing, group, etc., occupying the middle position, especially a body of troops.

the core or middle of anything: chocolate candies with fruit centers.

a store or establishment devoted to a particular subject or hobby, carrying supplies, materials, tools, and books as well as offering guidance and advice: a garden center; a nutrition center.

shopping center.

(usually initial capital letter) Government.

the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that sits in the center of the chamber, a position customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold political views intermediate between those of the Right and Left.
the members of such an assembly who sit in the Center.
the political position of persons who hold moderate views.
politically moderate persons, taken collectively; Centrists; middle-of-the-roaders: Unfortunately, his homeland has always lacked a responsible Center.

Football.

a lineman who occupies a position in the middle of the line and who puts the ball into play by tossing it between his legs to a back.
the position played by this lineman.

Basketball.

a player who participates in a center jump.
the position of the player in the center of the court, where the center jump takes place at the beginning of play.

Ice Hockey. a player who participates in a face-off at the beginning of play.

Baseball. center field.

Physiology. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific organic process: the vasomotor center.

Mathematics.

the mean position of a figure or system.
the set of elements of a group that commute with every element of the group.

Machinery.

a tapered rod, mounted in the headstock spindle (live center) or the tailstock spindle (dead center) of a lathe, upon which the work to be turned is placed.
one of two similar points on some other machine, as a planing machine, enabling an object to be turned on its axis.
a tapered indentation, in a piece to be turned on a lathe, into which a center is fitted.

verb (used with object)

to place in or on a center: She centered the clock on the mantelpiece.

to collect to or around a center; focus: He centered his novel on the Civil War.

to determine or mark the center of: A small brass star centered the tabletop.

to adjust, shape, or modify (an object, part, etc.) so that its axis or the like is in a central or normal position: to center the lens of a telescope; to center the work on a lathe.

to place (an object, part, etc.) so as to be equidistant from all bordering or adjacent areas.

Football. snap(def 21).

to pass (a basketball, hockey puck, etc.) from any place along the periphery toward the middle of the playing area.

verb (used without object)

to be at or come to a center.

to come to a focus; converge; concentrate (followed by at, about, around, in, or on): The interest of the book centers specifically on the character of the eccentric hero. Political power in the town centers in the position of mayor.

to gather or accumulate in a cluster; collect (followed by at, about, around, in, or on): Shops and municipal buildings center around the city square.

Also especially British, cen·tre.

Origin of center

1325–75; variant of Middle English centre < Latin centrum < Greek kéntron needle, spur, pivoting point in drawing a circle, derivative of kenteîn to sting

SYNONYMS FOR center

1 See middle.

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ANTONYMS FOR center

1 edge.

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usage note for center

28. Although sometimes condemned for alleged illogicality, the phrases center about and center around have appeared in edited writing for more than a century to express the sense of gathering or collecting as if around a center: The objections center around the question of fiscal responsibility.

OTHER WORDS FROM center

cen·ter·a·ble, adjective cen·ter·less, adjective su·per·cen·ter, noun

Example sentences from the Web for centered

Season 4, like the beginning of the series, is centered on another failed drone strike.

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Since the 1920s, beauty pageants have been centered on these superficial qualities.

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Adelaide isn't just a doll letting things happen to her, she's a complicated and centered character with a lot at stake.

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This resurgence has been centered in Texas, which created nearly a million new jobs between 2007 and 2013.

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The movie, shot entirely in black-and-white, centered on a trio of Texan palookas who fancy themselves an elite heist squad.

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He brushed aside these thoughts, and centered his interest in the game which was about to begin.

The Grey Cloak |Harold MacGrath
Conscientious conduct for the Hebrew centered in doing the will of God; for the Greek, in finding rational standards of good.

Ethics |John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts
Her mind had been centered on the desk—that the Book must surely be in it.

The Princess Dehra |John Reed Scott
When the vase is perfectly dry it should be set on the wheel, centered and slowly revolved.

The Potter's Craft |Charles F. Binns
Their chief concern continues to be centered too exclusively upon the cattle and the hogs and the corn.

Farm Boys and Girls |William Arch McKeever

British Dictionary definitions for centered (1 of 2)

centered

/ (ˈsɛntəd) /

adjective

the US spelling of centred

British Dictionary definitions for centered (2 of 2)

center

/ (ˈsɛntə) /

noun, verb

the US spelling of centre

Medical definitions for centered

center

[ sĕn′tər ]

n.

A point or place in the body that is equally distant from its sides or outer boundaries; the middle.

A group of neurons in the central nervous system that control a particular function.

Idioms and Phrases with centered

center

In addition to the idiom beginning with center

center of attraction, the

also see:

front and center

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noun

verb (used with object)

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noun, verb

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