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My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform.
Tony Blair

Meaning of "centre ground" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CENTRE GROUND

centre ground  [ˈsɛntə ɡraʊnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CENTRE GROUND

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Centre ground is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CENTRE GROUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of centre ground in the English dictionary

The definition of centre ground in the dictionary is the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CENTRE GROUND


above-ground
əˌbʌvˈɡraʊnd
aground
əˈɡraʊnd
air-to-ground
ˈɛətəˌɡraʊnd
around
əˈraʊnd
background
ˈbækˌɡraʊnd
battleground
ˈbætəlɡraʊnd
belowground
bɪˈləʊˌɡraʊnd
campground
ˈkæmpɡraʊnd
fairground
ˈfɛəˌɡraʊnd
foreground
ˈfɔːˌɡraʊnd
ground
ɡraʊnd
ground-to-ground
ˌɡraʊndtəˈɡraʊnd
inground
ɪnˈɡraʊnd
overground
ˈəʊvəˌɡraʊnd
playground
ˈpleɪˌɡraʊnd
round
raʊnd
showground
ˈʃəʊˌɡraʊnd
surround
səˈraʊnd
underground
ˈʌndəˌɡraʊnd
unground
ʌnˈɡraʊnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CENTRE GROUND

centre
centre back
centre bit
centre court
centre forward
centre half
centre of curvature
centre of gravity
centre of mass
centre of pressure
centre pass
centre punch
centre section
centre spread
centre stage
centre three-quarter
centre-fire
centreboard
centred
centred dot

WORDS THAT END LIKE CENTRE GROUND

above ground
all-around
all-round
all year round
all-year-round
bound
break new ground
fall to the ground
get around
get off the ground
go around
go round
in the round
into the ground
shop around
the high ground
the underground
thin on the ground
to the ground
workaround
year-round

Synonyms and antonyms of centre ground in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «centre ground» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CENTRE GROUND

Find out the translation of centre ground to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of centre ground from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «centre ground» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中心地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

planta centro
570 millions of speakers

English

centre ground
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

केंद्र जमीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مركزية الأرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

центр земли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

terreno centro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেন্দ্র স্থল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rez-de- centre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pusat pusat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zentrum Boden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

センターグラウンド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

센터 지상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tengah lemah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đất trung tâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சென்டர் தரையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केंद्र मैदान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Merkez topraklama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

terreno centro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

centrum ziemia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

центр землі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

teren centru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κέντρο έδαφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sentrum grond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

centrum marken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

senter bakken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of centre ground

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CENTRE GROUND»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CENTRE GROUND» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about centre ground

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QUOTES WITH «CENTRE GROUND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word centre ground.
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Tony Blair
My view is that you still, in order to win from the Labour perspective, have to have a strong alliance with business as well as the unions. You have got to be very much in the centre ground on things like public sector reform.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CENTRE GROUND»

Discover the use of centre ground in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to centre ground and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Neither Left Nor Right: The Liberal Democrats and the Electorate
The Liberal Democrats, however, were perceived by the electorate to have remained very much in the centre ground (Figures 6.2e and 6.2f) with a strong peak at the centre of the distribution. This supports the idea that any abandonment of ...
Andrew Russell, Edward Fieldhouse, 2005
2
UK Government & Politics
... and Tony Blair. According to Duverger, the two-party system is maintained as the two main parties take back the centre ground, leaving the Liberal Democrats to be a party of protest unable to break the mould of traditional two-party politics.
Andy Williams, 1998
3
The European Mosaic
As left-wing parties have taken their distance from their working-class roots, they have tended to shed their traditional ideological trappings and appeal to the ' centre ground' in politics. Overall, they have maintained their relative share of the  ...
David Gowland, Richard Dunphy, Charlotte Lythe, 2014
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Thinking Government: Public Sector Management in Canada
History has demonstrated that the liberal centre of the Canadian political spectrum has been the predominant ground for building public support. As we have just seen, the success with which the Liberal Party has held this centre ground has ...
David Johnson, 2006
5
Human Societies: An Introduction
left-wing, right-wing, or in the centre ground. The electorate can no longer exert any control on this process. In a constituency voting system, the results of the election decide who is to be in power until the next election, whereas under ...
Abram De Swaan, 2013
6
D(X) Centres and other Metastable Defects in Semiconductors, ...
This problem is also a real reason for the inapplicability of photoluminescence techniques to the DX centre ground state. The use of electron paramagnetic resonance could provide the most direct information on the centre symmetry. However ...
W. Jantsch, R.A. Stradling, 1991
7
The Revenge of History: The Battle for the 21st Century
The forcesthat dominate British politics have responded toBlair's enfeeblement byrushing to occupy that narrow strip of territory now taken to be the centre ground. In the caseof the Tories, Cameron has presented himself as Blair's natural ...
Seumas Milne, 2012
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The Revenge of History: The Battle for the 21st Century
If only mathematically, it is clearly essential for any political party or alliance that wants to win office to straddle the centre ground (though in a first-past-the-post system, its importance will depend on the balance between the other main parties).
Seumas Milne, 2012
9
Transition-Metal Defects in Silicon: New Insights from ...
Three NP lines originating from the Ag-centre ground state manifold, labelled A, B, and C were observed, and a table listing pLVM and EMA excited state energies was published. These results are also summarized in reference [52]. Son et al.
Michael Steger, 2013
10
Critical Elections: British Parties and Voters in Long-term ...
... to the status quo ante as far as the impact of ideology on voting is concerned. A definitive assessment must await further - future - evidence. Notes 1. I opt for a statistical definition of centre-ground that is described in the note to Table 10.1.
Geoffrey Evans, Pippa Norris, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CENTRE GROUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term centre ground is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Top job' for Jeremy Corbyn in Labour's next Shadow Cabinet in bid …
Mr Corbyn's entry into the leadership race has ruffled feathers with those who were hoping to pull Labour back to the centre ground after Ed ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Kaliati Urges Strong Govt-NGOs Partnership to End Child Marriages
She made the call Tuesday during commemorations of the Day of the African Child at Ngabu Community Centre Ground in Chikwawa held ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
Labour 'asleep' since election defeat claims Mandelson
He was critical of former leader Ed Miliband, arguing that he took the party in the wrong direction and abandoned the centre ground on issues ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
UK's biggest union backs left-wing lawmaker to lead Labour Party
Its bosses have threatened to withdraw support if Labour moves too far towards the political centre ground. "The backing for Jeremy Corbyn ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Hugh Roberts
He moved to the centre ground in domestic as well as foreign policy, abandoning Jadid's doctrinaire leftism, allowing an appreciable measure of liberalisation in ... «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
6
John Key well aware 'no party can defy gravity forever'
... on the more they start to tackle the policies which their margains would like to see happen which don't appeal so much for the centre ground.”. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
7
Rovers a class above the rest of the pack
... Gray Cup senior men's title remained on track when they beat Southend United 8-1 at the Frankton Events Centre ground on Saturday. «Southland Times, Jul 15»
8
Budget 2015: It takes a lot of hard work to be as lucky as George …
He was lucky that Ed Miliband proved unable to occupy that centre ground, and that the economy grew so strongly in the year before the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
9
Labour's Harriet Harman clams up over her £5k bonus says BLACK …
We've completely lost the centre ground which Tony Blair colonised.' Simply Not Red any more... Simply Red's Mick Hucknall used to be one of ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
10
David Cameron will be seen as one of our greatest Prime Ministers
During the Labour years in office, there was a sense that the party was squatting on the centre ground and had to continually prove it had the ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»

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