- centre⇄adj. centreless.
- centre⇄adj. of the centre; at or comprising the centre.
Ex. Italy's unstable centre parties saw the shape of things to come (Newsweek).
Also, (especially U.S.) center. - centre⇄centre, noun, verb, -tred,-tring,adjective.
(Especially British)
1. a point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface.
Ex. The bull's-eye is in the centre.
2a. the middle point, pla - centre⇄expr. centre down, to settle down or concentrate on important matters.
Ex. This collective meditation which friends like my grandmother called a ""centring down"" was mostly outside our experience (New Yorker). - centre⇄v.i. 1a. to gather or collect at a centre.
Ex. The guests centred around the table.
(SYN) converge.
b. (Figurative.) to be concentrated in; rest (on).
Ex. All his hopes centred on being promoted.
(SYN) focus.
2. to - centre⇄v.t. 1. to place in or at the centre.
Ex. The object glass of a telescope must be accurately centred.
(SYN) centralise.
2. (Figurative.) to concentrate, focus, rest.
Ex. All his hopes are centred in her.
3. to mark or pro