to recenter
4.8
To move something so it is in the center again
- verb
- /ˌriːˈsɛntər/
- US
:
centrar de nuevo
Examples
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DeLint shifts his back against the room's paneling and recenters his weight.
Fiction book (1997) -
To fix the alignment, I need to recenter the picture on the wall.
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She paused to recenter herself before delivering her speech.
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After adjusting the lens, I had to recenter the telescope to get a clear view of the stars.
Synonyms
71
1.0
To place something in the middle so it is the same distance from all sides
moves it back to the middle after it has shifted away
to realign
vsto recenter
28
4.9
To move things or ideas into the right position
focuses on returning something to the exact middle rather than correcting overall position
Antonyms
How Centered
to centralize
10
5.6
- US
10
5.6
to recenter
- US
to center
71
1.0
- US
71
1.0
to reposition
23
3.9
23
3.9
to adjust
317
2.7
317
2.7
to nudge
33
3.8
33
3.8
Surface Forms
recenter infinitive
recentered past
recentered past participle
recentering present participle
recenters third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
Recenter comes from re- meaning 'again' and center meaning 'middle', so to recenter something is to move it back to the middle, like putting a picture or a map back in the correct position.