centering
noun, verb
centering is a noun meaning “A type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-E-N-T-E-R-I-N-G and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of centering is centerings.
What does centering mean?
noun
- 1
A type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges.
- 2
The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of center
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce centering?
Centering has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of centering
- centerings plural
- centreing
- centring
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is centering?
Centering appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Centering in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.