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Adjective: centered  sen-turd
Usage: US (elsewhere: centred)
  1. Being or placed in the center
    "That vase in the picture is not centered";
    - centred [Brit, Cdn]
Verb: center  sen-tur
Usage: US (elsewhere: centre)
  1. Center upon
    "Her entire attention centered on her children";
    - focus on, center on [US], revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, centre on [Brit, Cdn], centre [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Hold attention and exert mental effort on something
    - concentrate, focus, centre [Brit, Cdn], pore, rivet, pore over
     
  3. Move into the center
    "That vase in the picture is not centered";
    - centre [Brit, Cdn]

See also: central

Type of: bear on, cerebrate, cogitate, come to, concern, displace, have to do with, move, pertain, refer, relate, think, touch, touch on

Encyclopedia: Centered

Center, PA