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Verb: center on
Usage: US (elsewhere: centre on)
  1. Center upon
    "Her entire attention centered on her children";
    - focus on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center [US], centre on [Brit, Cdn], centre [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Have as a center
    "The region centers on Charleston";
    - centre on [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: centered on, centers on, centering on

See also: go around

Type of: be, bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on

Nearest

center fielder
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
center line
center of attention
center of buoyancy
center of curvature
center of flotation
center of gravity
center of immersion
center of mass
center on
center punch
center spread
center stage
centerboard
centered
centered text
centerfield
centerfielder
centerfold
centering