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centre [n]
 
1)a low-lying region in central France
    Synonyms :
    See Also: french_region  france 
 
2)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"
    Synonyms :center eye heart middle 
    See Also: area  middle  center_stage  central_city  storm_center  financial_center  hub  inner_city  medical_center  midfield  seat  city_of_london  midstream 
 
3)a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
    Synonyms :center midpoint 
    See Also: point  center  bight  center_of_curvature  bowels  bull  center_of_gravity  center_of_mass  core  navel  nombril  core  nucleus  nucleus 
 
4)a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
    Synonyms :center 
    See Also: place  nerve_center 
 
5)the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
    Synonyms :center 
    See Also: confection  chocolate_candy 
 
6)a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
    Synonyms :center nerve_center nerve_centre 
    See Also: neural_structure  auditory_center  olfactory_brain  broca's_area  wernicke's_area  superior_colliculus  inferior_colliculus  respiratory_center 
 
7)a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
    Synonyms :center 
    See Also: building  burn_center  call_center  civic_center  conference_center  control_center  research_center  service_club  settlement_house  student_center 
 
centre [v]
 
1)move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
    Synonyms :center 
    See Also: displace  center  center 
 
2)direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
    Synonyms :center concentrate focus pore rivet 
    See Also: cerebrate  center  centering  absorption  assiduity  absorb  rivet  recall  think  zoom_in  hear 
 



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