🧘 To regain calm 🎯 To refocus 🖼️ To move to center

to recenter

1 5.3

To become calm and focused again after being upset or distracted

verb
/ˌriːˈsɛntər/

: recuperar el equilibrio

And so with that said, we revert and recenter ourselves back in the mission if it doesn't help us out.

But I decided to not spin out of control, not waste three days being hurt by it, but instead to recenter and just ask are they right?

Examples

But I decided to not spin out of control, not waste three days being hurt by it, but instead to recenter and just ask, are they right?
And so with that said, we revert and recenter ourselves back on the mission if it doesn't help us out.
I think that keeps your ego small and helps to recenter your Do you want your ego small?
But I decided to not spin out of control, not waste three days being hurt by it, but instead to recenter and just ask are they right?

Tom Bilyeu
But I decided to not spin out of control, not waste three days being hurt by it, but instead to recenter and just ask, are they right?
I love being around people, but I need me time to decompress, to recollect myself, to recenter.

Blog text (32)
(Peggy) Recenter yourself in the group, and decentralize yourself as the topic of this conversation.

Adventures in Success (2021)
Recentering our historic institutional mission to serve the most marginalized students in Washington, D.C., did not occur in silence.

Academic text (2016)
Religious participation and practice create a space to recenter the self, to resocialize it, and to find belonging, meaning, and orientation through coherent religious narratives and worldviews.

Academic text (1999)
After a stressful meeting, she took a moment to recenter herself before continuing with her work.

Synonyms

to get back on track

vsto recenter

62 3.4

Start working normally again after a problem or distraction

restores inner calm and balance rather than focusing on actions

to refocus

vsto recenter

23 3.9

Adjust something so it is clear or pay attention to something again

restores broader calm and balance, not only attention

to recompose

vsto recenter

1 5.7

Make yourself calm again after being upset

restores inner calm and balance rather than just control

to clear someone's mind

vsto recenter

1 3.7

To stop worrying and think calmly to focus

restores balance and calm beyond merely clearing thoughts

to reground

vsto recenter

7.8

To help someone feel calm and focused again

restores calm and focus from within rather than by external methods

to regather

vsto recenter

4.6

To get your calm and thoughts back after you feel upset or shocked

restores calm and focus rather than just collecting thoughts

to return to muttons

vsto recenter

9.9

To go back to the main topic or task after a distraction

restores personal calm and focus instead of resuming topics

Antonyms

to disturb

183 2.1

Interrupt someone's quiet or stop them from resting

to unsettle

7 4.9

To make someone feel worried or uneasy

How Calm

composed

1 4.3

to recenter

1 5.3

to calm down

Informal

594 1.4

to pull oneself together

Informal

81 5.1

unsettlement

6.1

to panic

272 2.3

Surface Forms

recenter infinitive

recentered past

recentered past participle

recentering present participle

recenters third person singular

Morphology

recenter = center (semi-transparent) = re + center

The use is a metaphorical extension ('restore one's inner balance/mental focus') from the physical idea of centering, which may be less immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Recenter comes from re- meaning 'again' and center meaning 'middle' or 'inner balance'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of finding your 'center' after you are upset, so to recenter is to restore calm and mental focus.