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I grew up in leafy suburbs in north and east Belfast, but if I had been born a mile down the road closer to the city centre, you might never heard of me.
Mike Nesbitt

Meaning of "city centre" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CITY CENTRE

city centre  [ˈsɪtɪ ˈsɛntə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CITY CENTRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
City centre 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 CITY CENTRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

city centre

City centre

A city centre is the commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart of a city.

Definition of city centre in the English dictionary

The definition of city centre in the dictionary is the central area of a city.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CITY CENTRE


absenter
æbˈsɛntə
augmenter
ɔːɡˈmɛntə
center
ˈsɛntə
centre
ˈsɛntə
commenter
ˈkɒmɛntə
concentre
kɒnˈsɛntə
enter
ˈɛntə
epicenter
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
epicentre
ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə
inventor
ɪnˈvɛntə
Jobcentre
ˈdʒɒbˌsɛntə
magenta
məˈdʒɛntə
orienter
ˈɔːrɪˌɛntə
placenta
pləˈsɛntə
presenter
prɪˈzɛntə
recentre
riːˈsɛntə
renter
ˈrɛntə
right-of-centre
ˌraɪtəvˈsɛntə
supercenter
ˈsuːpərˌsɛntə
tenter
ˈtɛntə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CITY CENTRE

citrussy
cittern
city
city academy
City and Guilds
City and Guilds of London Institute
city blues
city break
city chambers
City Code
city college
City Company
city councilman
city councilmen
city desk
city dweller
city editor
city father
city hall
city manager

WORDS THAT END LIKE CITY CENTRE

business centre
call centre
community centre
conference centre
convention centre
craft centre
drop-in centre
exhibition centre
fitness centre
garden centre
health centre
information centre
leisure centre
rencontre
resource centre
service centre
shopping centre
sports centre
the Centre
town centre
training centre

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «city centre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CITY CENTRE

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

Translator English - Chinese

市中心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

centro urbano
570 millions of speakers

English

city centre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शहर के केंद्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وَسْطُ الـمَدِينَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деловой центр города
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

centro da cidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শহরের কেন্দ্রে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

centre-ville
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pusat bandar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stadtzentrum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

街の中心部
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pusat kutha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trung tâm thành phố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகர மையத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शहर केंद्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şehir merkezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

centro della città
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śródmieście
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

міський центр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

centrul orașului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κέντρο της πόλης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

middestad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stadskärna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bysentrum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of city centre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CITY CENTRE»

The term «city centre» is very widely used and occupies the 15.525 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CITY CENTRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «city centre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «city centre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «CITY CENTRE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word city centre.
1
Lloyd Dorfman
India offers exciting business opportunities owing to the growth in corporate travel and a significant middle-class population waiting to explore the world. To begin with, Travelex is setting up eight city centre branches in metros and other major cities including tourist destinations.
2
Mike Nesbitt
I grew up in leafy suburbs in north and east Belfast, but if I had been born a mile down the road closer to the city centre, you might never heard of me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CITY CENTRE»

Discover the use of city centre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to city centre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Enterprising City Centre: Manchester's Development Challenge
The re-emphasis on city centers as part of the wider agenda on urban renaissance and sustainable development has increased policy concerns in the field. The Enterprising City Centre is a welcome addition to the current discourse.
Gwyndaf Williams, 2003
2
Addcon World: Venue: Crowne Plaza City Centre ...
Addcon World is the leading Additives, Modifiers and Compounding Conference. It has run for the last nine years. The conference focused on the technical advances and issues facing the plastics additives and modifiers industry.
‎2004
3
Liverpool One: Remaking a City Centre
Grosvenor, and its 26 firms of architects, have created an entirely new, but uniquely Liverpudlian, urban district. This book tells the story of this Herculean project, its origins, its design and its delivery.
David Littlefield, 2009
4
City People: City Centre Living in the UK
It tells us more about the nature of urban renaissance, the large communities in the heart of our cities - and any wider impacts on cities' social and economic performance.City People examines the size and nature of the city centre living ...
Max Nathan, Chris Urwin, Anthony Gerard Champion, 2005
5
Dutchtown: a city centre design by OMA/Rem Koolhaas
In addition to documenting the city center design, this book explores the design process involving the city, the property developers, and the project leaders.
Michelle Provoost, B. W. Colenbrander, Floris Alkemade, 1999
6
Vintage Melbourne: Beautiful Buildings from Melbourne City ...
VINTAGE MELBOURNE takes you on a tour of 42 of the most beautiful historical buildings in the Melbourne city centre. The buildings selected for inclusion in this book were chosen for their visual, historical and architectural interest.
East Street Publications, Peter Fischer, Susan Marsden, 2007
7
The Disoriented State: Shifts In Governmentality, ...
In doing so, the city centre actors intend to maintain and strengthen the economic position of the city centre, which also implies that the traditionally- assigned position at the top of the urban and regional hierarchical retail system is reconfirmed.
Bas Arts, Arnoud Lagendijk, Henk van Houtum, 2009
8
Old Birmingham: The City Centre
Old Birmingham City Centre is filled with many delights including a spectacular decorated tram, a homage to George V's coronation.
Eric George Abbott Armstrong, 1999
9
Towards Safe City Centres?: Remaking the Spaces of an ...
The well-established warden project at the centre of this chapter, Glasgow City Centre Representatives (CC R) who operate across the city centre's main shopping and tourist spaces, embodies and integrates exactly those considerations of ...
Gesa Helms, 2008
10
Urban Regeneration: Property Investment and Development
12 City centre regeneration in a regional context: the Glasgow experience in the 1980s ^^^^_^^^^ M. Cowan and C. Lindsay In any review of urban regeneration activity it is unusual not to read of Glasgow's revival in the 1980s. The change in ...
Jim Berry, Stanley McGreal, Bill Deddis, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CITY CENTRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term city centre is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Council weighs balance of city centre shops and restaurants
Dublin City Council has set up a working group to examine the various issues relating to cafes and restaurants replacing city centre shops, ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Norwich residents see virtual aerial view of future city centre
Aerial images have been released showing what a £2.5m redevelopment of Norwich city centre would look like. The armchair helicopter tour ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Knife scanners to be used in Newcastle city centre after rise in …
Knife scanners are to be used in Newcastle city centre after an increase in stabbings. Police will carry the airport-style 'wands' after several ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
4
New champagne bar pops up in Leeds city centre
The Moët and Chandon Ice Impérial champagne bar will come to Angelica at Trinity Leeds from 6pm to 9.30pm on Thursday, July 9. Visitors will ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»
5
Man charged with attempted murder and rape at city centre business …
Vijay Singh (43), of De Montfort House, Oxford Street, in the city centre, is accused of committing the alleged offences at a business in King ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
6
Property 'agony uncle' dishes out free advice to Manchester city
Ian Waxman, the managing director of Pad Residential, based on Bridge Street in the city centre, is launching a free advice service to help ... «Manchester Evening News, Jul 15»
7
Independent coffee shop Java Lounge opens second store in …
And now we have a new hangout in Birmingham city centre to top up our cravings. The Java Lounge has been brewing up a storm in Moseley ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
8
Man assaulted with baseball bat at City Centre Plaza
There were reports the victim was an employee at City Centre Plaza. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jul 15»
9
Investigation after 'fraud' incident at Barclays bank in Dundee city
“I didn't think it was too odd because the police are in the city centre all the time. Then I saw two uniformed police officers standing in the ... «Evening Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
Police release CCTV footage of alleged assault in Nottingham city
Detectives investigating reports of an assault in Nottingham city centre are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. The alleged ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. City centre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/city-centre>. Apr 2024 ».
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