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| 1. | [ noun ] an area that is approximately central within some larger region | |
| Synonyms: | middle heart eye centre | |
| Examples: | "it is in the center of town" "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle" "they were in the eye of the storm" |
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| Related terms: | area city_center inner_city seat midfield hub financial_center see center_stage midstream medical_center hub storm_center city_of_london middle | |
| 2. | [ verb ] center upon | |
| Synonyms: | center_on focus_on concentrate_on revolve_about revolve_around | |
| Examples: | "Her entire attention centered on her children" "Our day revolved around our work" |
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| Related terms: | refer | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (baseball,geography) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | |
| Synonyms: | centerfield center_field | |
| Examples: | "he hit the ball to deep center" |
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| Related terms: | tract outfield | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a building dedicated to a particular activity | |
| Synonyms: | centre | |
| Examples: | "they were raising money to build a new center for research" |
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| Related terms: | building conference_center community_center service_club settlement_house control_center research_center student_center call_center burn_center | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | |
| Synonyms: | midpoint centre | |
| Related terms: | point core nucleus bull's_eye core navel centroid center_of_curvature nombril center_of_gravity storm_center nucleus bowels bight | |
| 6. | [ verb ] focus one's attention on something | |
| Synonyms: | focus concentrate rivet pore centre | |
| Examples: | "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
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| Related terms: | think listen think steep recall zoom_in rivet focus concentration | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the object upon which interest and attention focuses | |
| Synonyms: | center_of_attention | |
| Examples: | "his stories made him the center of the party" |
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| Related terms: | object eye-catcher conversation_piece crosshairs cynosure focus_on | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | |
| Synonyms: | essence core substance heart sum heart_and_soul meat marrow pith nub gist nitty-gritty inwardness kernel | |
| Examples: | : "the gist of the prosecutor's argument" "the heart and soul of the Republican Party" "the nub of the story" |
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| Related terms: | content stuff hypostasis haecceity bare_bones quintessence summate | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology,neuroscience) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | |
| Synonyms: | nerve_center nerve_centre centre | |
| Examples: | "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" |
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| Related terms: | neural_structure Wernicke's_area inferior_colliculus respiratory_center olfactory_brain superior_colliculus Broca's_area auditory_center | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] equally distant from the extremes | |
| Synonyms: | middle halfway midway | |
| Related terms: | central | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (military) the middle of a military or naval formation | |
| Examples: | "they had to reinforce the center" |
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| Related terms: | formation military | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | |
| Related terms: | basketball_player bill_russell basketball | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (geography) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | |
| Synonyms: | centre | |
| Examples: | "they received messages from several centers" |
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| Related terms: | place nerve_center | |
| 14. | [ noun ] (politics,sociology) politically moderate persons; centrists | |
| Related terms: | class centrist | |
| 15. | [ noun ] (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | |
| Synonyms: | snapper | |
| Examples: | "the center fumbled the handoff" |
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| Related terms: | lineman football | |
| 16. | [ verb ] move into the center | |
| Synonyms: | centre | |
| Examples: | "That vase in the picture is not centered" |
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| Related terms: | move focus_on single_out | |
| 17. | [ noun ] (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | |
| Related terms: | hockey_player ice_hockey | |
| 18. | [ noun ] (food) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | |
| Synonyms: | centre | |
| Related terms: | sweet chocolate_candy | |
| 19. | [ adjective ] (politics) of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually | |
| Related terms: | left right centrist centrist | |
| 20. | [ noun ] (sport,american football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | |
| Examples: | "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback" |
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| Related terms: | lineman football_team | |
| 21. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7769 | |
| 22. | [ noun ] (business) mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | |
| Synonyms: | shopping_center mall shopping_mall shopping_centre plaza | |
| Examples: | "a good plaza should have a movie house" "they spent their weekends at the local malls" |
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| Related terms: | mercantile_establishment | |
| 23. | [ noun ] (sport,ice hockey) the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | |
| Related terms: | position hockey_team | |
| 24. | [ noun ] (sport,basketball) a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the center jump to start the game | |
| Related terms: | position basketball_team | |
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Centers centered center_on centering cemetery centre century centrum centare centaur centric centrex centred central centroid centrist centrism centaury canter centrical Centaurus Centaurea centriole Centropus centurion centrally Cantero |
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