[ˈsɛntə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere

- the point from which an activity or process is directed, or on which it is focused
(e.g: the city was a centre of discontent)

- a place or group of buildings where a specified activity is concentrated
(e.g: a conference centre)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin centrum, from Greek kentron ‘sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses’, related to kentein ‘to prick’

[ˈsɛntə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- occur mainly in or around (a specified place)
(e.g: the textile industry was centred in Lancashire and Yorkshire)

- place in the middle
(e.g: to centre the needle, turn the knob)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin centrum, from Greek kentron ‘sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses’, related to kentein ‘to prick’

[sɑ̃tʀ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a region of central France, including the cities of Orleans, Tours, and Chartres


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