Definition of centre

"centre" in the noun sense

1. Centre

a low-lying region in central France

2. center, centre, middle, heart, eye

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"

3. center, centre, midpoint

a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

4. center, centre

a place where some particular activity is concentrated

"they received messages from several centers"

5. center, centre

the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

6. kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty

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"

7. center, centre, center of attention, centre of attention

the object upon which interest and attention focuses

"his stories made him the center of the party"

8. center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre

a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

9. center, centre

a building dedicated to a particular activity

"they were raising money to build a new center for research"

"centre" in the verb sense

1. center, centre

move into the center

"That vase in the picture is not centered"

2. concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet

direct one's attention on something

"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

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Quotations for centre

Whose roots earth's centre touch, whose heads the skies. [ Walter Harte ]

The soul of man is larger than the sky. Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark Of the unfathomed centre. [ Hartley Coleridge ]

She hath a natural, wise sincerity, a simple truthfulness; and these have lent her a dignity as moveless as the centre. [ Lowell ]

Mystic, deep as the world's centre, are the roots a man has struck into his native soil; no tree that grows is rooted so. [ Carlyle ]

The circle of life is cut up into segments. All lines are equal if they are drawn from the centre and touch the circumference. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

The enthusiast has been compared to a man walking in a fog; everything immediately around him, or in contact with him, appears sufficiently clear and luminous; but beyond the little circle of which he himself is the centre, all is mist and error and confusion. [ Colton ]

centre in Scrabble®

The word centre is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters centre:

CENTRE
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RECENT
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CENTER
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centre in Words With Friends™

The word centre is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters centre:

CENTER
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CENTRE
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Word Growth involving centre

Shorter words in centre

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