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Qué (quién) es centre - definición
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Centre; Centres; Centre (disambiguation); Centere (disambiguation); Center (disambiguation); Cntr.; Centers; Center (mathematics)
centre
n.
Middle, midst, middle point, midmost point.
centre
(US center)
¦ noun
1. a point or part in the middle of something that is equally distant from all of its sides, ends, or surfaces.
the middle player in some team games.
(in some team games) a kick, hit, or throw of the ball from the side to the middle of the field.
2. a point to or from which an activity or process is directed: the city was a centre of discontent.
3. a place or group of buildings where a specified activity is concentrated: a conference centre.
¦ verb
1. place in the centre.
(in some team games) kick, hit, or throw (the ball) from the side to the middle of the field.
chiefly N. Amer. play as the middle player in some team games.
2. (centre on/around) have as a major concern or theme.
(be centred in) occur mainly in or around.
Phrases
centre of attention a person or thing that excites everyone's interest or concern.
centre of attraction
1. Physics the point to which bodies tend by gravity.
2. another term for centre of attention.
centre of curvature Mathematics the centre of a circle which passes through a curve at a given point and has the same tangent and curvature at that point.
centre of excellence a place where the highest standards are maintained.
centre of gravity a point from which the weight of a body or system may be considered to act. In uniform gravity it is the same as the centre of mass.
centre of mass a point representing the mean position of the matter in a body or system.
centre of pressure Physics a point on a surface through which the resultant force due to pressure passes.
Derivatives
centremost adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr., or from L. centrum, from Gk kentron 'sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses', related to kentein 'to prick'.
centre
(centres, centring, centred)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use 'center'
1.
A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
We went to a party at the leisure centre...
...the National Exhibition Centre.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft in names after n
2.
If an area or town is a centre for an industry or activity, that industry or activity is very important there.
London is also the major international insurance centre.
N-COUNT: with supp
3.
The centre of something is the middle of it.
A large wooden table dominates the centre of the room...
Bake until light golden and crisp around the edges and slightly soft in the centre.
N-COUNT: usu sing
4.
The centre of a town or city is the part where there are the most shops and businesses and where a lot of people come from other areas to work or shop.
...the city centre.
N-COUNT: usu sing
5.
If something or someone is at the centre of a situation, they are the most important thing or person involved.
...the man at the centre of the controversy...
At the centre of the inquiry has been concern for the pensioners involved.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n
6.
If someone or something is the centre of attention or interest, people are giving them a lot of attention.
The rest of the cast was used to her being the centre of attention...
The centre of attraction was Pierre Auguste Renoir's oil painting.
= focus
N-COUNT: usu sing, N of n
7.
In politics, the centre refers to groups and their beliefs, when they are considered to be neither left-wing nor right-wing.
The Democrats have become a party of the centre.
...the centre parties.
N-SING: the N, oft N n
8.
If something centres or is centred on a particular thing or person, that thing or person is the main subject of attention.
...a plan which centred on academic achievement and personal motivation...
When working with patients, my efforts are centred on helping them to overcome illness.
VERB: V on/around n, be V-ed on/around n
• -centred
...a child-centred approach to teaching.
COMB in ADJ
9.
If an industry or event is centred in a place, or if it centres there, it takes place to the greatest extent there.
The fighting has been centred around the town of Vucovar...
The disturbances have centred round the two main university areas...
Between 100 and 150 travellers' vehicles were scattered around the county, with the largest gathering centred on Ampfield.
VERB: be V-ed prep, V prep, V-ed
10.
Ejemplos de uso de centre
1. "It will also include an Oil and Gas Producers centre; Service Industry centre; Infrastructure and Downstream centre; and an Information, Press and Associations centre too," he added.
2. "The Kochi centre will be the third centre," he said.
3. Centre of Muslim Affairs '. Comparative Religious Centre Ltd 10.
4. Work is well under way on the centre piece National Stadium and the revolutionary Aquatics centre.
5. Benitez said÷ "I am looking for a centre back and not a centre forward.