Definition of centered
1 : having a center —often used in combination a dark-centered coneflower
2 : having a center of curvature —often used in combination a 3-centered arch
3 : emotionally stable and secure
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Examples of centered in a Sentence
She struggled with depression for years, but she's more centered now and able to live a full life.
Recent Examples of centered from the Web
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Both Veteran’s Honor and Let Freedom Ring are high-centered elegant red exhibition hybrid teas.
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Rolle’s goals remain centered on young people, including opening clinics in low-income countries that do not have a pediatric neurosurgeon.
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Yet gains in such situations are usually modest and centered on shareholder returns.
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The biggest moves of the week so far remain centered around ebbing energy prices and inflation outlooks in general.
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The Northside Festival has grown from a sprawling, centerless but small affair into a sprawling, slightly more centered and improbably huge event — Brooklyn’s version of SXSW.
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Americans deserve a superior, patient-centered health system.’’
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Congress needs to immediately repeal Obamacare and then begin patient-centered health care reform.
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The labor requires strength, patience and a centered connection to one’s self before productivity and pleasure are possible.
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First Known Use of centered
1829
CENTERED Defined for English Language Learners
centered
playDefinition of centered for English Language Learners
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: mainly concerned about or involved with something specified
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: having a specified kind of center
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: emotionally healthy and calm
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