CENTERING as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

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    • the quarterback fumbled the snap

    Hypernyms(s) centering is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  2. Meaning
    • the concentration of attention or energy on something

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    • the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
    • he had no direction in his life

    Hypernyms(s) centering is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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