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noun
Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
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.
verb
Alternative spelling of center.
One controversy which has not had an airing in discussion of the new Transport Bill is that centring on the status of the Pullman Car Co.
A contribution to a wall newspaper of which I was an editor in our sector poked fun at the never-changing menu in the school cafeteria. It centred on the various and devious methods used in serving us hamburger. One time it would be called hamburger, another time bifshtek, then cutlet, and sneakiest of all, schnitzel—the only difference among them was usually only in their shape or whether bread crumbs had been used.
name
A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.
A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Alabama.
Centre County, Pennsylvania.