Past tense of center
regular verb
The past tense of center is centered. The past participle is also centered.
Forms of center
| Base form (V1) | center /ˈsɛn.təː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | centered /ˈsɛn.təd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | centered /ˈsɛn.təd/ |
| Present participle | centering |
| Third person singular | centers /ˈsɛn.(t)ɚz/ |
Centered in a sentence
- He centered the heading of the document.
- The discussion centered around the recent issues.
- I made a build centered around attack speed.From the entry build
- An imageboard is a type of posting board centered around the posting of images.2014, Jessica L. Beyer, Expect Us: Online Communities and Political Mobilization, Oxford University Press, →ISBN. From the entry imageboard
- They provide important connections between economic nodes or hubs that are usually centered in urban landscapes.2013, Asian Development Bank, “What is Economic Corridor Development and What Can It Achieve in Asia’s Subregions?”, in adb.org. From the entry economic corridor
Meaning of center
- noun The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- noun The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- noun The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
Questions about the past tense of center
- What is the past tense of center?
- The past tense of center is centered.
- What is the past participle of center?
- The past participle of center is centered.
- Is center a regular or irregular verb?
- Center is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: center (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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