centre

centre
(BrE) (AmE center) noun
1 middle point/part of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ dead, exact, true, very
▪

We've bought an apartment in the very centre of São Paulo.

▪ city, town (both esp. BrE)
▪ soft
▪

chocolates with soft centres

PREPOSITION
▪ at the centre (of)
▪

at the centre of the universe

▪ in the centre (of)
▪

a museum in the centre of Cairo

PHRASES
▪ the centre of the city (esp. BrE), the centre of (the) town (esp. BrE)
2 important place for sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ important, leading, main, major, nerve (figurative)
▪

the economic nerve centre of India

▪ international, local, national, regional, world
▪ commercial, cultural, economic, financial, industrial, trading, urban
▪

Tokyo is one of the main financial centres of the world.

▪ population, power
PREPOSITION
▪ centre for
▪

The university is a major centre for scientific research.

PHRASES
▪ a centre of excellence (= a place where a particular kind of work is done well)
▪ a centre of government, a centre of population, a centre of power
3 the centre/center moderate political position
CENTRE/CENTER + NOUN
▪ party
▪ ground (BrE)
▪

a party that occupies the centre ground of national politics

PHRASES
▪ left of centre, right of centre
▪

Politically, she is considered to be slightly left of centre.


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  • centre — [ sɑ̃tr ] n. m. • 1275; lat. centrum, gr. kentron I ♦ 1 ♦ Point intérieur (d un cercle, d une sphère) équidistant de tous les points du cercle, de la sphère. Le centre d un disque. Le centre de la Terre. ♢ Centre de symétrie : point tel que tous… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • centre — cen‧tre [ˈsentə ǁ ər] , center noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE the place where most of the important things connected with a business or activity happen: • Bahrain has become a major international banking centre. centre of …   Financial and business terms

  • centre — CENTRE. s. m. Le milieu, le point du milieu d un cercle ou d une sphère. Le centre d un cercle. Tirer une ligne du centre à la circonférence, des lignes qui passent par le centre, qui aboutissent au centre. Le centre de la terre. Le centre d une… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • centre — s. m. Le milieu, le point du milieu de chaque chose. Le centre de la terre. le centre d un cercle. tirer une ligne du centre à la circonference. des lignes qui passent par le centre, qui aboutissent au centre. Il se prend aussi pour le lieu où… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Centre — Centre …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • centre — (US center) ► NOUN 1) a point in the middle of something that is equally distant from all of its sides, ends, or surfaces. 2) a place where a specified activity is concentrated. 3) a point from which something spreads or to which something is… …   English terms dictionary

  • Centre A — Centre A, the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, is a non profit art gallery committed to the research, production, presentation and interpretation of contemporary Asian art. It is located at 2 West Hastings Street, in… …   Wikipedia

  • Centre — Centre, AL U.S. city in Alabama Population (2000): 3216 Housing Units (2000): 1515 Land area (2000): 10.968141 sq. miles (28.407354 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.105972 sq. miles (0.274466 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.074113 sq. miles (28.681820… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Centre, AL — U.S. city in Alabama Population (2000): 3216 Housing Units (2000): 1515 Land area (2000): 10.968141 sq. miles (28.407354 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.105972 sq. miles (0.274466 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.074113 sq. miles (28.681820 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • centre — cèntre m. centre; milieu. Estre a son centre : être à son affaire ; être dans son élément. voir element …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • centre — cen tre, n. & v. See {Center}. [chiefly British] [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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