center
verb/ˈsentə(r)/
/ˈsentər/
(US English) (British English centre)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they center | /ˈsentə(r)/ /ˈsentər/ |
| he / she / it centers | /ˈsentəz/ /ˈsentərz/ |
| past simple centered | /ˈsentəd/ /ˈsentərd/ |
| past participle centered | /ˈsentəd/ /ˈsentərd/ |
| -ing form centering | /ˈsentərɪŋ/ /ˈsentərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to be the person or thing around which most activity takes place; to make somebody/something the central person or thing
- center around/round somebody/something Conversation centered around their wedding plans.
- center on/upon somebody/something The debate centered on an important practical question.
- The investigations centered on him as the only real suspect in the case.
- be centered around/round somebody/something Leisure activities were largely centered around the family.
- Roosevelt's foreign policy was centered around these themes.
- be centered on/upon somebody/something Discussions were centered on developments in Eastern Europe.
- The main story is centered on two young men, one a photographer, the other a gang leader.
- be centered in…[intransitive] to take place mainly in or around the place mentioned
- Most of the fighting was centered in the north of the capital.
- [transitive] center something (+ adv./prep.) to move something so that it is in the center of something else
- This button will center the image on the page.
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