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"CENTERS" is a plural of: center. |
Date "CENTERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
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Mining | A. Framed supports, usually arch shaped, upon which are placed the lagging boards used, in building an arch, for supporting the roof of a tunnel. See also:centerb. Linear distance between coal-mine entries or crosscuts. (references) |
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Screenplays | Or a box of chocolates, y'know the kind with the soft gooey centers. And it really honks me off (Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak; writing credit: Pete Smith) | |
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 | Shown are mobile homes used as mobile mammogrpahy units by St. Vincent's Breast Cancer Centers and the University of Maryland Cancer Center. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Breast cancer invades normal tissues and establishes new centers of growth. Note that the duct on inside of breast is completely filled with tumor cells. This histological slide, stained with H&E stain and magnified to 100x. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox (photographer). |
 | Low-power view shows complete loss of germinal centers and partial effacement of architecture signalling imminent progression of HIV disease to AIDS in this patient. Credit: CDC. |  | Dr. Gerberding is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Credit: CDC. |
 | The main entrance for the Roybal campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located in Atlanta, Georgia, Buildings 1 and 2. Credit: CDC. |  | Dr. Satcher was formerly Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Credit: CDC. |
 | An oblique view of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Build 1, Clifton Road Offices, Atlanta, GA. Credit: CDC. |  | The vast majority of rabies cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year occur in wild animals like raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes. Credit: CDC. |
 | Regions of responsibility for the NURP centers. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Reported incidence rate of fetal alcohol syndrome, by year of birth, from the Birth Defects Monitoring Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1979-1992. Credit: NIAA. |
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| "Pansys" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "(Viola x wittrockiana) These lightly scented flowers are available in a huge range of colors. The dark centers in some flowers are thought to resemble little faces. ." |
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Oliver Goldsmith | Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Recreation and work centers. (references) | |
Key components of this program are Stroke Research Centers. (references) | ||
For more information, contact one of the centers listed below. (references) | ||
Business | Bowling centers are slowly growing in number. (references) | |
Voice over IP and call centers represent growing demand. (references) | ||
Bangkok currently has 169 certified auto service centers. (references) | ||
Children | Brazil | As of September, Sentinel included 40 centers throughout the country. (references) |
Indonesia | Several provinces have established rehabilitation centers for persons with disabilities. (references) | |
India | The Ministry delivers rehabilitation services to the rural population through 16 district centers. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Lithuania | Living conditions in both centers were good. (references) |
Mongolia | These are important religious, historical, and cultural centers. (references) | |
Turkmenistan | Foreign language instruction also is available in private centers. (references) | |
Economic History | Kenya | Paved roads connect all major commercial centers. (references) |
Tanzania | NIC operates all over the country (20 regional centers). (references) | |
Israel | Consumer malls and shopping centers are popular in Israel. (references) | |
Human Rights | Yemen | The PSO does not permit access to its detention centers. (references) |
Guatemala | Justice centers operated in 10 locations around the country. (references) | |
Russia | In most pretrial detention centers and prisons, there is no ventilation system. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Denmark | Accordingly it provides for the use of lay persons as judges and sentences most prisoners to holding centers (rather than to prisons) where they are encouraged to work, hunt, or fish during the day. (references) |
Minorities | Russia | Law enforcement authorities also targeted persons with dark complexions for harassment, arrest, and deportation from urban centers. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | In civic areas where religion is a determining criterion, such as the religious courts and centers of education, non-Jewish institutions routinely receive less state support than their Jewish counterparts. (references) | |
Political Economy | Morocco | Teenage prostitution was a problem in urban centers. (references) |
Philippines | In urban centers, the incidence of poverty is approximately 25 percent. (references) | |
PARAGUAY | However, labeling of imported goods at distribution centers within Paraguay is still commonplace. (references) | |
Political Rights | Turkey | The chief public prosecutor opened cases in 1999 to close two significant opposition parties, the Islamist party Fazilet and the pro-Kurdish party HADEP, alleging that they were centers of illegal activities. (references) |
Trade | Switzerland | The big banks are represented in all major financial centers abroad. (references) |
Vietnam | Other U.S. banks operate out of operations centers in nearby countries. (references) | |
Travel | Croatia | Major hotels in Zagreb maintain fully equipped business centers. (references) |
Colombia | These machines are located in most banks and modern shopping centers. (references) | |
Pakistan | Yellow taxis are available in most large and small population centers. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | Prostitution is prevalent, especially in urban centers. (references) |
Dominican Republic | Due to the success of this first center, the Government has opened five additional centers. (references) | |
Greece | Battered women also may go to state hospitals and regional health centers throughout the country. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Yemen | Two centers were completed during the year. (references) |
Romania | Iasi and Timisoara are major transit centers in the country. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Virtually all the NTU centers are affiliated with political parties. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Barely one month after FDR issued his order, Japanese-Americans and Japanese in America were being involuntary removed from their homes on the West Coast and transported to incarceration centers in out-of-the-way places. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Therefore, vested with trust and great responsibility, we must not allow the situation to become aggravated and must stamp out the centers where a dangerous situation fraught with great consequences to the cause of peace has arisen. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | I will ask for funds to study high-speed rail transportation between urban centers. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We need to enable our public hospitals, our community, our university health centers to provide basic, affordable care for all the millions of working families who don't have any insurance. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "CENTERS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "CENTERS" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 80% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Noun (proper) | 20% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CENTERS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Centers | Last name | 1,000 | 11,903 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | TLC Laser Eye Centers Inc. | USA | American Career Centers Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "CENTERS": Academic Medical Centers ♦ Area Health Education Centers ♦ Birthing Centers ♦ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ♦ Child Day Care Centers ♦ Community Health Centers ♦ Community Mental Health Centers ♦ European Association of Poison Control Centers ♦ Fitness Centers ♦ hold on centers ♦ index centers ♦ Information Centers ♦ Line of centers ♦ load centers ♦ Maternal-Child Health Centers ♦ plain centers ♦ plain index centers ♦ planer centers ♦ Poison Control Centers ♦ Rehabilitation Centers ♦ Substance Abuse Treatment Centers ♦ support on centers ♦ Trauma Centers ♦ visual centers ♦ with centers. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "CENTERS": cost-centers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
barron centers.com | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CENTERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | synscenter (visual center, visual centers), opspænding mellem pinoler (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), deleapparat til direkte deling (plain center, plain centers, plain dividing apparatus, plain index center, plain index centers), deleanordning (divider, dividing apparatus, dividing attachment, index center, index centers, indexing attachment, indexing center), belastningscentrum (load centers, load centres, load diversity). (various references) | |
Dutch | verdeelkop (deflector, divider, dividing apparatus, dividing attachment, index center, index centers, indexing attachment, indexing center, outlet, plain center, plain centers, plain dividing apparatus, plain index center, plain index centers), tussen de centers draaien (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), blikcentrum (visual center, visual centers), belastingscentra (load centers, load centres). (various references) | |
Finnish | kuormituskeskittymä (load centers, load centres), kiinnittää keskiökärkien väliin (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), kiinnittää kärkien väliin (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), jakolaite (divider, dividing apparatus, dividing attachment, index center, index centers, indexing attachment, indexing center). (various references) | |
French | centre optique cortical (visual center, visual centers), centre de répartition (load centers, load centres), serrer entre pointes (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), prendre entre pointes (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), poupée-diviseur (index center, index centers, indexing center), monter entre pointes (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), fixer entre pointes (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), diviseur simple (plain center, plain centers, plain index center, plain index centers), diviseur à crans (plain center, plain centers, plain index center, plain index centers), diviseur (index center, index centers, indexing center), dispositif de division (index center, index centers, indexing center), dispatching (load centers, load centres), Association Européenne des Centres Anti-Poison (European Association of Poison Control Centers), appareil diviseur (index center, index centers, indexing center), appareil à diviser (index center, index centers, indexing center). (various references) | |
German | zentriert (centered), Zentren (centersUS, centres, centresBrit), hauptpunkte. (various references) | |
Greek | στερεώνω μεταξύ ακίδων (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), απλός διαιρέτης (plain center, plain centers, plain dividing apparatus, plain index center, plain index centers), οπτικό κέντρο (visual center, visual centers), διαιρέτης (divider, dividing apparatus, dividing attachment, index center, index centers, indexing attachment, indexing center). (various references) | |
Italian | centri di ripartizione (load centers, load centres), centri di distribuzione (load centers, load centres), montare tra le punte (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), divisore semplice (plain center, plain centers, plain dividing apparatus, plain index center, plain index centers), divisore (divider, divisor), dispositivo di divisione (divider, dividing apparatus, dividing attachment, index center, index centers, indexing attachment, indexing center). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 聚落 (centers of population). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しゅうらく (centers of population, village), じゅらく (centers of population, entering Kyoto, proceeding to Kyoto). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | enterscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | centro óptico visual (visual center, visual centers), montagem entre pontos (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), fixação entre pontos (clamp between centres, hold between centres, hold on centers, mount between centres, support between centres, support on centers), divisor simples (plain center, plain centers, plain dividing apparatus, plain index center, plain index centers), divisor (divider, divisor), dispositivo divisor (divider, dividing apparatus, dividing attachment, index center, index centers, indexing attachment, indexing center), aparelho divisor (divider, dividing apparatus, dividing attachment, index center, index centers, indexing attachment, indexing center). (various references) | |
Russian | учетный отдел (cost center, cost centers). (various references) | |
Spanish | centros. (various references) | |
Swedish | centrerar. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "CENTERS": chromocenters, circumcenters, concenters, decenters, epicenters, hypocenters, incenters, metacenters, orthocenters, subcenters, supercenters. (additional references) | |
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"CENTERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: centis, centres, Chenieres, Cuentas, Nentres, venters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CENTERS" (pronounced se"nterz or se"nerz) |
| 6 | s e" n t er z | centres, dissenters. |
| 5 | -e" n t er z | enters, inventors, mentors, renters, stentors, Venters. |
| 4 | -n t er z | carpenters, counters, covenanters, discounters, enchanters, encounters, experimenters, grantors, headhunters, hunters, linters, painters, planters, pointers, presenters, printers, sprinters, tormentors, winters. |
| 3 | -t er z | accelerometers, abductors, accumulators, actors, actuators, adapters, adjusters, administers, administrators, agitators, alligators, allocators, altars, alters, ammeters, amphitheaters, ancestors, animators, anteaters, applicators, appropriators, arbiters, arbitrators, asters, auditors, aviators, connectors, conservators, consolidators, conspirators, constrictors, constructors, contractors, contributors, converters, coordinators, copywriters, babysitters, backwaters, barometers, barristers, batters, beaters, benefactors, betters, bettors, bitters, blisters, blockbusters, boaters, bolsters, boosters, broadcasters, burgomasters, busters, butters, calculators, canisters, cannisters, capacitors, captors, carburetors, carters, casters, caters, catheters, centimeters, chapters, characters, charters, cheaters, chiropractors, cloisters, clusters, coasters, cogenerators, collaborators, collectors, comforters, commentators, communicators, commuters, competitors, computers, conductors, counterfeiters, craters, creators, creditors, critters, curators, cutters, daughters, debaters, debtors, decorators, defaulters, defectors, defibrillators, demonstrators, depositors, deserters, detectors, detonators, detractors, dictators, dieters, directors, disasters, distributors, doctors, dosimeters, doubters, drafters, drifters, dumpsters, dusters, eaters, editors, educators, elaters, electors, elevators, escalators, esters, estimators, excavators, executors, exhibitors, exporters, exterminators, fabricators, facilitators, factors, falters, fetters, fighters, filibusters, filters, firefighters, floaters, floodwaters, flutters, forecasters, foresters, fosters, frankfurters, freighters, gangbusters, gangsters, garters, gators, generators, getters, gladiators, glitters, granddaughters, gunfighters, gutters, halters, hamsters, harvesters, haters, headquarters, headwaters, heaters, helicopters, hindquarters, hitters, hooters, hucksters, illustrators, imitators, impersonators, importers, impostors, incinerators, incubators, indicators, infiltrators, inhibitors, initiators, injectors, innovators, inquisitors, inspectors, instigators, instructors, insulators, integrators, interceptors, interlocutors, interpreters, interrogators, investigators, investors, irrigators, janitors, jitters, kilometers, lamplighters, legislators, letters, lifters, lighters, liquidators, liters, litigators, litters, lobsters, looters, magnetometers, malefactors, manipulators, marketers, martyrs, masters, matters, mediators, meters, microcomputers, microliters, milliliters, millimeters, minicomputers, ministers, misters, mobsters, moderators, molesters, monitors, monsters, mortars, motors, musters, mutters, narrators, navigators, negotiators, nesters, newscasters, newsletters, objectors, odometers, oldsters, operators, orators, orbiters, originators, oscillators, otters, overnighters, oysters, parameters, pastors, perimeters, perpetrators, persecutors, Peters, picketers, pilasters, plasters, platters, plotters, pollsters, polluters, polyesters, porters, posters, postmasters, potters, predators, predictors, proctors, projectors, promoters, proprietors, prosecutors, prospectors, protectors, protesters, protestors, psalters, putters, quarters, quilters, quitters, radiators, rafters, raptors, raters, reactors, realtors, receptors, recruiters, refractors, refrigerators, registers, regulators, rehabilitators, renovators, repeaters, reporters, resistors, respirators, rioters, roasters, roosters, rooters, rosters, rotors, Salters, scooters, scouters, screenwriters, scriptwriters, sculptors, sectors, seedeaters, semesters, semiconductors, senators, sequesters, sequiturs, setters, sharpshooters, shatters, shelters, shooters, shoplifters, shutters, shysters, simulators, sisters, sitters, skaters, skeeters, skywriters, slaughters, smelters, solicitors, songwriters, sorters, spatters, spectators, speculators, speechwriters, sportscasters, sportswriters, spotters, sputters, squatters, starters, staters, stepdaughters, stepsisters, stimulators, stonecutters, stutters, subcontractors, suitors, supercomputers, superconductors, superminicomputers, supporters, sweaters, syndicators, tartars, tasters, tatars, tatters, teamsters, teeters, telecommuters, telemarketers, testers, theaters, theatres, thermometers, thrusters, toasters, tractors, traitors, transistors, translators, transmitters, transporters, treaters, tricksters, tutors, twisters, typewriters, underwriters, utters, vectors, victors, violators, visitors, voters, waiters, wasters, waters, weightlifters, wildcatters, writers, yachters, youngsters. |
| 4 | -e" n er z | tenors. |
| 3 | -n er z | afterburners, airliners, Conners, containers, copartners, corners, coroners, banners, bargainers, beginners, breadwinners, burners, campaigners, cleaners, commissioners, commoners, complainers, conditioners, confectioners, decliners, designers, dinars, diners, dinners, donors, downers, drainers, earners, easterners, entertainers, examiners, executioners, falconers, fasteners, foreigners, forerunners, fresheners, frontrunners, gainers, gardeners, garners, governors, gunners, homeowners, honeymooners, honors, intervenors, jetliners, kindergartners, landowners, lanners, leaners, learners, liners, listeners, loners, manners, manors, mariners, miners, minors, misdemeanors, mourners, northerners, openers, owners, parishioners, partners, pensioners, petitioners, planers, planners, practitioners, prisoners, probationers, questioners, refiners, retainers, runners, scanners, schooners, screeners, shipowners, signers, sinners, sooners, southerners, spinners, stationers, sweeteners, trainers, vacationers, vintners, Warners, westerners, whiners, wieners, winners. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: centres, tenrecs. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: censer, center, centre, certes, enters, erects, nester, recent, renest, rentes, resect, resent, screen, secern, secret, tenrec, tenser, terces, ternes, treens. | |
-2 letters: cense, cents, ceres, cetes, crest, enter, erect, ernes, ester, nerts, reest, rente, rents, reset, scene, scent, scree, sente, sneer, steer, stere, stern, teens, tense, terce, terne, terns, terse, treen, trees. | |
-3 letters: cees. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: centares, centners, crescent, enticers, lecterns, percents, precents, reascent, reenacts, sarcenet, secretin, trenches. | |
+2 letters: cabernets, carotenes, ceintures, cementers, centiares, centuries, cerements, chastener, cisternae, concretes, consenter, contester, copresent, creatines, crescents, cretonnes, decanters, decenters, decentres, electrons, encrusted, entrances, enuretics, erections, erectness, frenetics, gentrices, incenters, infecters, intersect, iterances, nectaries, neoterics, preenacts, prentices, prescient, pretences, reaccents, reascents, recanters, recentest, recreants, reincites, reinfects, reinjects, reinspect, renascent, resecting, resection, rufescent, sarcenets, secreting, secretins, secretion, sincerest, stenchier, stenciler, stridence, subcenter, trecentos, trenchers, uncreates, virescent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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