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Meaning of centre


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Centre
      n 1: a low-lying region in central France
      2: an area that is approximately central within some larger
         region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into
         the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the
         storm" [syn: {center}, {centre}, {middle}, {heart}, {eye}]
      3: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the
         extremities of a figure [syn: {center}, {centre}, {midpoint}]
      4: a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they
         received messages from several centers" [syn: {center},
         {centre}]
      5: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is
         enclosed in chocolate or some other covering [syn: {center},
         {centre}]
      6: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
         idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";
         "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the
         story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core}, {center},
         {centre}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul},
         {inwardness}, {marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty-
         gritty}]
      7: the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his
         stories made him the center of the party" [syn: {center},
         {centre}, {center of attention}, {centre of attention}]
      8: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process;
         "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
         [syn: {center}, {centre}, {nerve center}, {nerve centre}]
      9: a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were
         raising money to build a new center for research" [syn:
         {center}, {centre}]
      v 1: move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not
           centered" [syn: {center}, {centre}]
      2: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your
         studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: {concentrate},
         {focus}, {center}, {centre}, {pore}, {rivet}]


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