Other forms: centres
The centre is the middle point of something. The place equally far from every edge.
This is the British spelling, and American English writes center, which is one of the most familiar differences between them. The word covers geometry, cities and buildings, so a town centre, a shopping centre and a leisure centre are all standard. Politics uses it for moderate positions between left and right. The verb means to place in the middle, and centring an argument on something makes it the main point.
1nouncentreThe middle point or part of something.
“He drew a circle and marked the centre.”
2nounbuildingA building or area for a particular activity.
“The new sports centre opens in March.”
Also accepted in games: center
The centre began as a sharp point. Greek kentron was a goad, from kentein, to prick, so the centre of a circle is the place the point was stuck.
Ancient Greek
κέντρον
Latin
centrum
Middle French
centre
Middle English
center
English, today
centre
Built from
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον, from κεντεῖν (“to prick, goad”). a doublet of centrum.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA