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Adjective: centred  sen-tu(r)d
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: centered)
  1. Being or placed in the centre
    "That vase in the picture is not centred"; "They described ways to design a learning-centred school";
    - centered [US]
Verb: centre  sen-tu(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: center)
  1. Centre upon
    "Her entire attention centred on her children";
    - focus on, center on [US], revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center [US], centre on [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Hold attention and exert mental effort on something
    - concentrate, focus, center [US], pore, rivet, pore over
     
  3. Move into the centre
    "That vase in the picture is not centred";
    - center [US]

See also: central

Type of: bear on, cerebrate, cogitate, come to, concern, displace, have to do with, move, pertain, refer, relate, think, touch, touch on

Encyclopedia: Centre, Haiti