Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to center
Participle: centered
Gerund: centering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | center |
| you | center |
| he;she;it | centers |
| we | center |
| you | center |
| they | center |
Perfect
| I | have centered |
| you | have centered |
| he;she;it | has centered |
| we | have centered |
| you | have centered |
| they | have centered |
Past
| I | centered |
| you | centered |
| he;she;it | centered |
| we | centered |
| you | centered |
| they | centered |
Pluperfect
| I | had centered |
| you | had centered |
| he;she;it | had centered |
| we | had centered |
| you | had centered |
| they | had centered |
Future
| I | will center |
| you | will center |
| he;she;it | will center |
| we | will center |
| you | will center |
| they | will center |
Future Perfect
| I | will have centered |
| you | will have centered |
| he;she;it | will have centered |
| we | will have centered |
| you | will have centered |
| they | will have centered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | center |
| you | center |
| he;she;it | center |
| we | center |
| you | center |
| they | center |
Perfect
| I | have centered |
| you | have centered |
| he;she;it | have centered |
| we | have centered |
| you | have centered |
| they | have centered |
Imperfect
| I | centered |
| you | centered |
| he;she;it | centered |
| we | centered |
| you | centered |
| they | centered |
Pluperfect
| I | had centered |
| you | had centered |
| he;she;it | had centered |
| we | had centered |
| you | had centered |
| they | had centered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would center |
| you | would center |
| he;she;it | would center |
| we | would center |
| you | would center |
| they | would center |
Perfect
| I | would have centered |
| you | would have centered |
| he;she;it | would have centered |
| we | would have centered |
| you | would have centered |
| they | would have centered |
Imperative
| you | center |
| we | Let's center |
| you | center |
Verbs conjugated like 'center'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'center'
canter,
enter,
renter,
tenter,
banter,
better,
canker,
cater,
cense,
censor,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, from O.Fr. centre, from L. centrum "center," orig. fixed point of the two points of a compass, from Gk. kentron "sharp point, goad," from kentein "stitch," from PIE base *kent- "to prick" (cf. Breton kentr "a spur," O.H.G. hantag "sharp, pointed"). The verb is from 1622. Spelling with -re popularized in Britain by Johnson's dictionary, though -er is older. Centrist is 1872, from Fr. politics. Central as U.S. colloquial for "central telephone exchange" is first recorded 1889.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
4. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der.
5. Latin centrumder.
6. Middle French centrebor.
7. Middle English center
8. English center
9. From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
10. * (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).
Sample Sentences
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????, Matthew Prior, Celia to Damon
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Thy joys are centred all in me alone.
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He centered the heading of the document.
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However, Lucas also centered the plot around the protection of the secret Death Star plans, which now filled the role of the clan treasure the enemy is seeking in Hidden Fortress; […] [2012, Michael Kaminski et al., chapter 7, in Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology, page 87:]
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The plot centers on the life of a working-class family.
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The discussion centered around the recent issues.