Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To center again; to restore to the center.

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  • verb To center again.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ center

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Examples

  • This book really helped me to "recenter" my thinking and reminded me that I need time to clear my mind and just live in the moment.

    Mom's Favorite Stuff 2008

  • It won't tell us what to pack for the hospital, but it will help us recenter ourselves when we're about to blow our gasket at that precious child who keeps sassing you.

    Book Review: Feminist Mothering edited by Andrea O’Reilly 2009

  • It won't tell us what to pack for the hospital, but it will help us recenter ourselves when we're about to blow our gasket at that precious child who keeps sassing you.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • Eight of those predicted the MAS would recenter the midpoint of the trading band.

    Singapore Tightens Monetary Policy P.R. Venkat 2011

  • One of the ways to learn to "take the hits" that life throws you, calm, recenter and then respond to the world in an informed way is to use the six-step pause.

    Mark Goulston, M.D.: Does Psychotherapy Make You Worse? M.D. Mark Goulston 2010

  • No, what I want is to recenter her groundless assertions to a trans perspective.

    Tonight we’re going to party like it’s 1985 2008

  • But in effort to recenter the debate on the real impact of anticipated closure -- the effect on current residents -- it may be worthwhile to propose that any legislation affecting closure of Lanterman and Fairview include binding language placing Lanterman and Fairview property in trust and prohibiting immediate sale for a period of time (such as 7-10 years).

    Several Reasons Why Closure of Lanterman & Fairview Does Not Pass Legal Muster Boris Mamlyuk 2010

  • No matter what this world has been for us, or the lies we have listened to and believed, we must recenter ourselves on this foundational promise of God.

    Do You Know Who I Am? Angela Thomas 2010

  • “And I need a little quality time to recenter before the party.”

    Forget You Jennifer Echols 2010

  • Note 6: For an example of how effective it can be to geographically recenter a historical narrative, see Norman Etherington, Great Treks: The Transformation of Southern Africa, 1815 – 1854 (London: Longman, 2001). back

    Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

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