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supercentre

supercentre is the alternative spelling of supercenter.

Meaning of supercenter

Noun

supercenter (plural supercenters)

  1. A big box, especially one that is even larger than normal.
    • Shoppers at supercenters are usually between the ages of 25 and 49, and more likely to live in the South or Midwest than on either coast.2008 May 26, Alex Mindlin, “Some Shoppers Head to Supercenters”, in New York Times

Forms of supercentre

pluralsupercentres

Origin of supercentre

From super- + centre.

Questions about supercentre

What is supercentre the alternative spelling of?
Supercentre is the alternative spelling of supercenter.

Words near supercentre in the dictionary

  1. supercellular
  2. supercentenarian
  3. supercentenarians
  4. supercenter
  5. supercenters
  6. supercentre
  7. supercentres
  8. supercentrifuge
  9. supercentrifuged
  10. supercentrifuges
  11. supercentrifuging

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Adapted from Wiktionary: supercentre (page history and authors); supercenter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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