[ usually passive ] to make somewhere the place where an activity or event takes place :
Most of the fighting was centred in the north of the capital.
[ usually passive ] to make somewhere the place where an activity or event takes place :
Most of the fighting was centred in the north of the capital.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005