centre — meaning in English

English meaning

• center noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
• centre noun UK, Canadian, Australian, and Irish spelling of center — the middle point of something, or a building used for a specific purpose.
• core noun The central or most essential part of something.
• facility noun A building, room or piece of equipment set up and used for a particular activity or service.
• heartland noun The central region of a country or area, especially one seen as culturally or politically central.
• midst noun The middle part of something, whether a place, a group, or a situation.

Senses

centre is used for these senses in English:

• Centre A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.
• center (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
• center A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
• center (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
• core The center or inner part of a space or area.
• facility The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]
• heartland The interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant.
• midst (often, literary) A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.

center — full definition

1. noun The point exactly in the middle of something, equally distant from all its edges or sides.
2. noun A building or place set up for a particular activity or purpose.
3. noun The main topic, focus, or most important part of something.
4. noun In sports such as basketball, hockey, or football, a player positioned in the middle of the field or court.
5. noun The moderate political position, between left and right.

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