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center on someone or something

to focus on someone or something in particular. Let us center on the basic problem and try to solve it. I want to center on Liz and her contributions to the firm.

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center something on someone or something

to base something on someone or something. Let us center the discussion on Walter. Our whole meeting was centered on the conservation question.

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center on somebody/something

also center around somebody/something

to be the person or thing that is most noticed The movie centers on one man's struggle to deal with his father. Much of this region's economy centers around a large oil field.

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center on

v.

1. To be concerned primarily with something: This chapter centers on the childhood of one of the characters.

2. To make or do something that is concerned primarily with something else: We centered our analysis on the best pieces of evidence.

3. To place something at the center of some location: We centered the painting on the wall.

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