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CENTERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
Example:
the quarterback fumbled the snap
Synonyms:
centering; snap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("centering" is a kind of...):
flip; pass; toss ((sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The concentration of attention or energy on something
Example:
he had no direction in his life
Synonyms:
centering; direction; focal point; focus; focusing; focussing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("centering" is a kind of...):
absorption; concentration; engrossment; immersion (complete attention; intense mental effort)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "centering"):
particularism (a focus on something particular)
Derivation:
center (direct one's attention on something)
center (center upon)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb center
