Antonyms for centered


Grammar : Verb
Spell : sen-terd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn tərd


Definition of centered

Origin :
  • 1590s, "to concentrate at a center," from center (n.). Related: Centered; centering. Meaning "to rest as at a center" is from 1620s. Sports sense of "to hit toward the center" is from 1890. To be centered on is from 1713. In combinations, -centered is attested by 1958.
  • verb concentrate, draw together
Example sentences :
  • In the next years, for weeks at a time my life was centered on Sam and his gang.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The telescopes of the world were centered now on just one object in the heavens.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • In a few moments all his interest was centered about the gathering of the villagers.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Her thoughts were centered in that adjoining room and she wondered why he delayed.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Every thought in his inadequate brain was centered round his wife.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Doctors are at hand in time of need, and all the professions are centered there.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • It was in this latter section that the Teutons now centered their activities.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
  • About this had centered all his fanatical worship––all his power.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • But no dynamo ever invented has the power that is centered in the dynamic will of a human being.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • It seemed as though the minds of all the people of his city were centered on himself.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

Synonyms for centered

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