From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcentredcen‧tred British English, centered American English /ˈsentəd $ -ərd/ adjective1 (also -centred) [only after noun] having a particular person or group as the most important part or focus of something
a student-centred approach
family-centered care2feeling calm and in control of your life and feelings
Julia seems very centred nowadays.Examples from the Corpuscentred• But it is to the west of the Sike on the same contour that most interest is centred.• The broaderpatientcentredaims of the information technologystrategy are to be welcomed.• For these data we need a 5-quartercentred moving average so that the smoothed valuescoincide with quarters.• If centring is to be used for mainheadings, then sub-headings may be either centred or blocked.• Just as with word processing type can be set flush with the left-handmargin, centred or justified.• These are taskcentred work and crisisintervention.
