Meaning of centre | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
2. A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.
3. center.
4. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Alabama.
5. a metropolitan region in central France, SW of Paris. 2,371,000; 15,390 sq. mi. (39,062 sq. km).
6. Centre County, Pennsylvania.
7. (Mathematics) geometry a. the midpoint of any line or figure, esp the point within a circle or sphere that is equidistant from any point on the circumference or surface
   geometry
8. (General Physics) the point, axis, or pivot about which a body rotates
9. a point, area, or part that is approximately in the middle of a larger area or volume
10. a place at which some specified activity is concentrated: a shopping centre.
11. a person or thing that is a focus of interest
12. a place of activity or influence: a centre of power.
13. a person, group, policy, or thing in the middle
14. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (usually capital) politics a. a political party or group favouring moderation, esp the moderate members of a legislative assembly
    usually capital

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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.””

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