From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcentre around/round something (also be centred around/round something British English) phrasal verbIMPORTANTif your thoughts, activities etc centre around something or are centred around it, it is the main thing that you are concerned with or interested in In the 16th century, village life centred around religion. → centre→ See Verb table
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centre around/round • Every splinter group of liberalism was to centre round a café table.• Such growth, he reckons, will centre around local government, although the private sector is also showing some interest.• This small area was centred around Oviedo on the northern coast.• Everything centred around St Leonard's.• Our prayers will centre around the privilege, and the responsibility.• Learning should be centred around the total care of a group of patients.• The main dissension in these books centres around two main questions.• In modern times interest has centred around what it is about the owl that makes it the target for this hostile treatment. 