world centre

collocation in English

meaningsofworldandcentre

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world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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centre
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.tər/us
/ˈsen.t̬ɚ/
the middle point ...
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(Definition ofworldandcentrefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is also aworldcentreof equine and canine research.
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It is aworldcentreof excellence, and will be grateful for his support.
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I can tell him that there has been discussion on aworldcentreof environmental information but that this has gained little support so far.
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It could make us again aworldcentreof communications and of physical trade, as we used to be.
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It is aworldcentrefor liver transplants and for specialities like the treatment of diabetic gangrene of the foot.
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It is also theworldcentrefor project finance, shipping and air freight brokerage and many commodity markets.
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They felt that theworldcentrefor epidemiology was a good idea.
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There are a lot of reasons for this; obviously it would be to the benefit to this country if we had aworldcentrehere.
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It is already the largestworldcentrefor foreign exchange dealing — £60 billion a day.
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This country has the talent and our sports people have the commitment to make it an illustriousworldcentre.
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That hospital will rightly remain a greatworldcentreof teaching, research and treatment.
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Inverness in my constituency is theworldcentrefor the development of wave power.
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Nottingham is theworldcentrefor lace production and the centre for the export of lace products from this country.
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London is still aworldcentre, if not the leading centre in the world.
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Thanet is theworldcentreof the penny fall machine industry.
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That is theworldcentre.
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London has become theworldcentreof these criminal activities.
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London has traditionally been theworldcentreof international arbitrations, particularly in the maritime, insurance and commodity fields.
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The early fortunes of the town were founded on cotton—first bleaching and later spinning—and so successful were we that we became theworldcentreof fine cotton spinning.
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London is probably theworldcentreof insurance, and its policies command the confidence of business people all over the globe.
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