centered

English

Alternative forms

• centred (Commonwealth, Ireland)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.təd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.təɹd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)d

Adjective

centered (comparative more centered, superlative most centered)

1. Middlemost; located at the center.
2. (especially Canada, US) Emotionally stable, calm, serene; having a balanced mind. [from the 1970s]
   • 1986, Bernard Brannner, quoting Blackberri, “Blackberri: Singing for Our Lives”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 174:

     So we had group sessions where everybody took acid together, with a group person who was a guide to keep everybody centered, because the doses were incredibly strong, incredibly strong.

Derived terms

• body-centered
• centered dot
• centeredness
• child-centered
• dead-centered
• exocentered
• face-centered
• high centered
• high-centered
• multicentered
• noncentered
• self-centered
• teacher-centered
• uncentered

Verb

centered

1. simple past and past participle of center

Anagrams

• decenter, decentre