Collocations for "center"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "center" in context.
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center
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [shopping, fitness, business] center
- [in, at] a [health] center
- in the city center
- in the dead center of [town, New York State]
- the center of [crime, art, science] (in America)
- the center of [gravity, mass]
- center of the [circle, square]
- [measure, calculate] from the center
- in the center of the [room, town]
- a center for [health, research, trade, education]
- a center for the [blind, deaf, poor]
- works in a call center
- always [has, wants] to be the center of attention
- is at the center of the [issue, problem]
- hit the [goal, target, penalty] right in the center
- plays center for the [basketball, college] team
- chocolate with a [caramel, orange, cream, liqueur] center
- center the [text, image]
- center the image on the [screen, page]
- center the image to the [text, paragraph]
- centered around [education, hunger, politics]
- the [discussion, debate, protest] was centered around [education]
- the [discussion] (was) centered on [education]
- center [yourself, your mind, your thoughts]
- center and focus yourself
- centered in [Miami, Germany]
- centered around [students, employees]
- the [conference, meeting, workshop] was centered around [students]
- center the crosshairs
- center your attention on
- centered the ball to [the striker, the attacker, his teammate]
'center' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Jewish
- a stone's throw
- arcade
- army
- asset
- back
- bat
- being
- cage
- career
- child
- circle
- city
- clearance
- clock
- clog
- close
- coffee
- column
- commence
- community
- construction
- consumer
- convention
- data
- development
- displacement
- distance
- distribution
- dwelling
- exhibition
- fare
- field
- fitness
- forecast
- forty
- four
- healing
- hotel
- house
- hurricane
- inn
- installation
- left
- local
- loft
- lounge
- manufacturer
- medical
- mugging