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| 1. | [ adjective ] serving as an essential component | |
| Synonyms: | fundamental key cardinal primal | |
| Examples: | "a cardinal rule" "the central cause of the problem" "an example that was fundamental to the argument" "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" |
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| Related terms: | important | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area | |
| Examples: | "a central position" "central heating and air conditioning" |
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| Related terms: | peripheral center focal centered nuclear median bicentric middlemost centric bifocal amidship | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] constituting a center or having controlling authority; where all the important decisions are made | |
| Examples: | "the central office is in Atlanta" "our central government" "the central library" |
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| Related terms: | local home | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place | |
| Examples: | "the people of Central and Northern Europe" "country in central Africa" |
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| Related terms: | center | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] centrally located and easy to reach | |
| Examples: | "the central city has good bus service" "the shop has a central location" |
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| Related terms: | inner | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (telecommunications,work) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | |
| Synonyms: | exchange telephone_exchange | |
| Related terms: | workplace switchboard centrex telephone_system | |
| Similar spelling: |
centrally centralise centralism centralist centrality centralize centrical centroidal centriole centre Center centerfold centerline centrefold Centers Centaur centred centare centric centrum century centrex contrail Centrosema centrism centrist centroid centered contralto centaury Centropus centurion centering center_on Centaurus Centaurea contrarily |
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