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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

decentre en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /diːˈsɛntə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

From de- + centre.

Meanings

  1. To remove the centre from.
    • to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits
  2. To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.
  3. To displace from the centre.
    • The Saidian critique was part of a great sea change, a conscious attempt to ‘decentre’ Europe or even to ‘provincialize’ it. 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 14:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
decentring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decentred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decentred Tense=Past lexicographic
decentres Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (4)

de das Zentrum entfernen (to remove the centre from) · de dezentrieren (to displace from the centre) · de nicht länger ins Zentrum setzen (to displace from the centre) · de aus dem Zentrum verlagern (to displace from the centre)