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Noun centre has 7 senses

Centre - a low-lying region in central France
--₁ is a kind of French region
--₁ is a part of France, French Republic
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"
--₂ is a kind of area, country
--₂ has particulars:
center stage, centre stage; city center, city centre, central city; storm center, storm centre; financial center; hub; inner city; medical center; midfield; seat; City of London, the City; midstream

center, centre, midpoint - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
--₃ is a kind of point
--₃ has particulars:

bight; center of curvature, centre of curvature; bowels; bull's eye, bull; center of gravity, centre of gravity; center of mass, centre of mass; core; navel, navel point; nombril; core; nucleus; nucleus

Derived form: verb centre₁

center, centre - a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
--₄ is a kind of place, property
--₄ has particulars: nerve center, nerve centre
center, centre - the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
--₅ is a kind of sweet, confection, confectionery
--₅ is a substance of chocolate candy

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"
--₆ is a kind of neural structure
--₆ has particulars:

auditory center; rhinencephalon, olfactory brain; Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's gyrus, Broca's convolution, convolution of Broca; Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center; superior colliculus; inferior colliculus; respiratory center

center, centre - a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
--₇ is a kind of building, edifice
--₇ has particulars:

burn center; call center, call centre; community center, civic center; conference center, conference house; control center; research center, research facility; service club; settlement house; student center

Verb centre has 2 senses

center, centre - move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
--₁ is one way to move, displace

Derived form: noun centre₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
--₂ is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s on something