how to pronounce centre

/ˈsɛn.təɹ/

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centre is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of centre in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… that this is a centre that takes basis …”

meaning of centre

Centre means the point around which something is centered.

centre frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word centre occurs in english on average 231.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics centre can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that centre can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;