centre

«centre» in Mova's school dictionary: the middle point or part of something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a centre, centres); verb (centre, centres, centred, centring); American spelling center

meaning for a pupil

1) The centre is the middle point or part of something. tree →

2) A centre is a building or place used for a special activity, like a sports centre or shopping centre. tree →

3) The centre of attention is the person everyone is looking at. tree →

4) To centre something means to put it in the middle. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, the centre of a circle is the point the same distance from every point on the edge; the radius goes from the centre to the edge. In everyday life, you go to the town centre (UK) or downtown (US), a leisure centre, a health centre. In science, the Earth's centre is its core, and the Sun is at the centre of the solar system. In safety, «meet at the centre» is a clear meeting point if you get lost. In sport, the centre is a player's position.

examples

• Draw a circle and mark its centre. tree →
• We went swimming at the sports centre. tree →
• The Sun is at the centre of our solar system. tree →
• The bakery is in the centre of town. tree →
• She loves being the centre of attention. tree →
• Centre the title at the top of the page. tree →
• The radius goes from the centre to the edge. tree →
• "Let those in the centre carry you," said the birds. tree →

note

British, Australian, New Zealand, Irish and Canadian spelling: «centre»; American: «center». Adjective «central». Same idea in other words: «centimetre/centimeter», «theatre/theater». In maths, the centre of a circle is not on the circle itself.

In the corpora

• The answer is worked out on huge computers far away, in buildings called data centres; nobody is typing it.
• Chatbots run on giant computers in data centres; the words appearing one by one is just how the answer is shown.
• Running chatbots in data centres uses a lot of electricity, and cooling the computers often uses water.
• Rescue centres care for animals that are lost or given up, and these animals need new homes.
• Older animals often wait the longest at rescue centres, though they are usually calm, trained and happy with a quiet life.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «centre» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.