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play-centre

Meaning of "play-centre" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAY-CENTRE

play-centre


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAY-CENTRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Play-Centre is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PLAY-CENTRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of play-centre in the English dictionary

The definition of play-centre in the dictionary is a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play Also called : playgroup.



WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAY-CENTRE

play the race card · play to the gallery · play up · play up to · play with · play with fire · play-act · play-acting · play-actor · play-by-play · play-day · Play-Doh · play-lunch · play-off · play-the-ball · playa · playability · playable · playback · playbill

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAY-CENTRE

business centre · call centre · centre · city centre · community centre · concentre · conference centre · convention centre · drop-in centre · fitness centre · garden centre · health centre · information centre · rencontre · resource centre · right-of-centre · service centre · shopping centre · the Centre · town centre · training centre

Synonyms and antonyms of play-centre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «play-centre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAY-CENTRE

Find out the translation of play-centre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of play-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 «play-centre» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

游戏中心
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

play- centro
570 millions of speakers
en

English

play-centre
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

प्ले केंद्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللعب الوسط
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

игра - центр
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

centro -play
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

খেলা কেন্দ্র
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

jeux-centre
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pusat bermain
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Play- Zentrum
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

プレイセンター
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

플레이 센터
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Play-center
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chơi trung tâm
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நாடகம் சென்டர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्ले-सेंटर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Play-merkez
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

play- centro
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

play- Centrum
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

гра - центр
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

play- center
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

play - κέντρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speel - sentrum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

play - center
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

play- senter
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAY-CENTRE»

Discover the use of play-centre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to play-centre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Twenty years at play: a New Play Centre anthology
This collection of eight of the finest plays produced by Vancouver’s New Play Centre marked the company’s twentieth year.
Jerry Wasserman, New Play Centre, 1990
2
For Dirk Struik: Scientific, Historical and Political Essays ...
Play Centre prohibits corporal punishment and provides suggestions of alternative methods which comes as a revelation to some mothers who have never known or considered other means of influencing their children. The fact that Play ...
Dirk Jan Struik, Robert S. Cohen, J.J. Stachel, 1974
3
Playwork: Theory And Practice: Theory and Practice
However, because the EPC had strong support within the LCC, objections were often overcome. For example, in 1935, a headteacher objected to the opening of a play centre unless a change of supervisor was made. After intervention by ...
Brown, Fraser, 2002
4
Support Networks in a Caring Community: Research and Policy, ...
Each host family has the key to the play centre for a week at a time. Those who want to use the play centre or one of the rooms there must check the notice board in the play centre to see if it is available. There the permanent bookings are on ...
J. M. L. Jonker, Robert Anthony Bernard Leaper, Jonathan A. Yoder, 1985
5
New Educational Philosophy
(i) Sand Play Centre (ii) Water Play Centre (iii) Art (Drawing & Painting) Centre (iv ) Music Centre (v) Role Playing Centre (vi) Story Centre (vii) Block Building Centre (viii) Manipulation Play Centre (ix) Puzzle Centre (x) Reading & Writing centre ...
Bhagirathi Sahu, 2002
6
Intimate Metropolis: Urban Subjects in the Modern City
In addition to the playground, English reformers also instituted the play centre – a prototype of the modern community centre – to organize children's leisure. Initiated by the University Settlement Movement at the end of the nineteenth century, ...
Vittoria Di Palma, Diana Periton, Marina Lathouri, 2008
7
Playwork: A Guide to Good Practice
collect any messages and receive any information relating to the play centre. Meanwhile Joseph opens up the play centre room - they have one room in the school which is solely for play centre use - and starts getting out the materials and ...
Paul Bonel, Jennie Lindon, 2000
8
Vol Soc Serv Snce 1918 Ils 195
In 1904—5 the Children's Play Centre Fund was opened to establish play centres in elementary schools, and within a year the first seven centres were opened. The Treasury in 1917 agreed to allow a grant to be given to the Fund towards the  ...
Henry Mess, 2013
9
Power Play
You are great in left wing. And that's where you are going to stay.” I sank lower in my seat. Of course Dad had no idea how I felt about getting checked. I rubbed my wrist through my ski jacket. If Dad would just let me play centre before he threw ...
Michele Martin Bossley, 2010
10
Voluntary Social Services Since 1918
In 1904-5 the Children's Play Centre Fund was opened to establish play centres in elementary schools, and within a year the first seven centres were opened. The Treasury in 191 7 agreed to allow a grant to be given to the Fund towards the  ...
Henry Adolphus Mess, Lady Gertrude Rosenblum Williams, 1948
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Play-Centre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/play-centre>. May 2024 ».
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