centre en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- [ˈsɛɾ̃ɚ] ~ [ˈsɛɾ̃ɹ̩] nt-flapping
- [ˈsɛntʰəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsɪɾ̃ɚ/ nt-flapping
- /ˈsɛɾ̃ɚ/ nt-flapping
- [ˈsɛntʰɚ] ~ [ˈsɛntʰɹ̩] without nt-flapping
- [ˈsɪ̟ntʰɚ] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ntʰɹ̩] without nt-flapping
- /ˈsɪntɚ/ without nt-flapping
- (US) audio
- [ˈsɪ̟ɾ̃ɚ] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ɾ̃ɹ̩] nt-flapping
- /ˈsɛntəː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsɛntɚ/ without nt-flapping
Etymology
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
Meanings
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Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
The phrase 'Imperial Manila' is used throughout the archipelago to denote the capital-heavy decision-making and the imposition of the will and culture of the political and economic centre on the peripheries.
2018, Balázs Áron Kovács, Peace Infrastructures and State-Building at the Margins, Springer, →ISBN, page 280:As Dodd wrote in ‘The Empty Nest,’ “To me, it was glaringly obvious that parting from a child who has been the centre of your life for twenty-odd years is a really big deal. Yet while new parents are bombarded with advice, empty nest parents are left to muddle through what is arguably the most challenging phase of parenting.”
2025 August 10, Don Riddell, “Now that my kids are off to college, what’s this empty nester dad to do?”, in CNN:So after a short spell in the brass foundry the wisest course was to follow with a similar period in the steel foundry, where much important work was done, including the manufacture of centres for wheels.
1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| center | US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| centres | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Centrelink · centrefold · centreman · Nickel Centre · orthocentre · daycare centre · garden centre · centre of effort · metallocentre · centre of inertia · centre of displacement · centrepunch · centre of mass · Middlesex Centre · centrefield · Thames Centre · tuition centre · multi-centre · centre of attention · isocentre · centroid · colour centre · Centre Hastings · alt-centre · rest centre · hypocentre · centrish · table centre · megacentre · centre forward · decentre · ecocentre · pericentre · barycentre · metacentre · Jobcentre · centreground · playcentre · acentrous · F-centre · centrepin · centrepiece · biocentre · centre of flotation · centre of lift · centreline · Newton Centre · centre-left · friendship centre · centre of gravity · Centreville · centremost · oculocentre · cooling centre · Catapult centre · reception centre · photocentre · epicentre · centreboard · centre stage · centreward · uncentre · centrebit · Centre County · stereocentre · centreright · supercentre · Rockville Centre · centre-right · centre of buoyancy · centre of curvature · centre of cavity · day centre · front-and-centre · civic centre · chromocentre · telecentre · centredness · centre mark · concentre · centrism
Descendants
Translations (1)
mi topapū (position in Rugby football in the back line)