🇬🇧 Centre meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To centre something means to place it right in the middle of a space so that there is the same amount of room on each side. If you centre an object, you carefully move it until it isn’t too far to the left, too far to the right, too high, or too low, but exactly in the middle.

I centred the microphone on the stage and then forgot all my words, but at least the microphone felt important.

Dad tried to centre the picture frame, but the wall kept pretending to be crooked.

I centred my new poster above my bed, so now it can watch me snore in perfect alignment.

We centred the snowman in the yard, and the neighbour’s dog centred yellow snow around it.

I tried to centre my hat on my head, but my hair decided to explode in every direction at once.

A small girl holds a cake. She puts it on a plate and moves it to centre the cake. She takes a candle to centre it. Her brother drops a flower; she picks it up to centre that too. They laugh; she sits and looks to centre the cake in the light. She turns to centre the plate.

This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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