CENTERED (ON) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

centered (on)

verb

Definition of centered (on)

past tense of center (on)

as in closed in (on)

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The Hoosier cabinet is a freestanding kitchen workstation and storage area that centralized and sped up food preparation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
But they’re endowed with a fundamentally different intelligence, one shaped by a separate evolutionary path and defined by a nervous system that’s distributed throughout their bodies rather than centralized like that of the brains of most animals.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 29 July 2026

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centered (on)

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