center on

1. 1.

   center upon

   “Her entire attention centered on her children”

   “Our day revolved around our work”

   Synonymsfocus onrevolve aroundrevolve aboutconcentrate oncenter

   Broaderrefer
2. 2.

   have as a center

   “The region centers on Charleston”

   Broaderbe

Questions about center on

What does center on mean?

center on means "center upon". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for center on?

Close synonyms include focus on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is center on a common word?

center on is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.