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Verb: center on
Usage: US (elsewhere: centre on)
  1. Center upon
    "Her entire attention centered on her children";
    - focus on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center [US], centre on [Brit, Cdn], centre [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Have as a center
    "The region centers on Charleston";
    - centre on [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: centered on, centers on, centering on

See also: go around

Type of: be, bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on