centering has definitions from the fields of sport,american football
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[ noun ] the concentration of attention or energy on something

Examples

"the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology" "he had no direction in his life"

Used in print

(Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)

Often dominant stress simply indicates a centering of attention or emotion .

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[ noun ] (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

Synonyms

snap

Examples

"the quarterback fumbled the snap"

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