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decentre

UK/diːˈsɛntə(ɹ)/

decentre verb: to remove the centre from.

Verb

decentre (third-person singular simple present decentres, present participle decentring, simple past and past participle decentred)

  1. To remove the centre from.
    • to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits
  2. To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.
  3. To displace from the centre.
    • The Saidian critique was part of a great sea change, a conscious attempt to ‘decentre’ Europe or even to ‘provincialize’ it.2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 14

Forms of decentre

third-person singular presentdecentres
present participledecentring
past participledecentred
pastdecentred

Origin of decentre

From de- + centre.

Words that rhyme with decentre

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Questions about decentre

What does decentre mean?
Decentre means to remove the centre from.
What part of speech is decentre?
Decentre is a verb.
How do you pronounce decentre?
Decentre is pronounced /diːˈsɛntə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the past tense of decentre?
The past tense of decentre is decentred.

Words near decentre in the dictionary

  1. decentralizes
  2. decentralizing
  3. decentrally
  4. decentration
  5. decentrations
  6. decentre
  7. decentred
  8. decentrer
  9. decentrers
  10. decentres
  11. decentring

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