Used in a Sentence

centres

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for centres.

Editorial note

This means city centres work well, but not necessarily outlets in smaller communities.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of centres gathered in one view.

noun

Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.

noun

A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.

noun

Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for centres.

noun

Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.

noun

A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.

noun

Centre County, Pennsylvania.

noun

A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Alabama.

Example sentences

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This means city centres work well, but not necessarily outlets in smaller communities.

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It's solved by denser urban centres, surrounded by denser suburbs, and the elimination of the gigantic American backyard.

3

Airports could also be built closer to city centres, as the noise and air pollution concerns disappear.

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Many aspects of modern society thoroughly perplex me, specifically the excessive cleanliness exhibited primarily in urban centres.

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Wouldn't they actually want to encourage using the app so people aren't clogging the call centres?

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Even if it does, relocating motor vehicle pollution away from major population centres will still have a massive public health impact.

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It also removes the pollution from town centres making them much pleasanter places to be.

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You can certainly have distributed infrastructure and logistics behind those local centralised shipping centres.

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Hotels in the centres of Sheffield and Birmingham have had the same effect.

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The first were in the US in the 1950s, conceived as public places with kindergartens, medical centres and community facilities alongside the shops.

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Ok, so objects orbit not other objects but rather centres of gravity.

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Some of the exhibition centres we went to had literally thousands of people flowing through them while we were there.

Quote examples

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"...announced a line of GaN transistors and power electronic circuits that promise to cut energy usage in data centres, electric cars, and consumer devices by 10 to 20 per cent worldwide by 2025."

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> push some jobs elsewhere The theory goes that these high-density population centres have higher productivity, for a couple of reasons: - "Truer" competition -- distance is an artificial barrier that reduces employees' access to jobs and reduces employers' access to job candidates.

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Many aspects of modern society thoroughly perplex me, specifically the excessive cleanliness exhibited primarily in urban centres On another forum I read today that "it seems that rural areas are the only parts of the US that use common sense anymore." I really hope that's not true, but a lot of what I see around me appears to confirm that.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use centres in a sentence?

This means city centres work well, but not necessarily outlets in smaller communities.

What does centres mean?

Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.

What part of speech is centres?

centres is commonly used as noun.