adj
Meaning 1
Being in the centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
central
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/ˈsɛntɹ(ə)l/
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[ˈsɛ̟ntɹ̝̊əl] ~ [ˈsɛ̟ntɹ̝̊l̩]
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/ˈsɪntɹ(ə)l/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
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[ˈsɪ̟ntɹ̝̊əl] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ntɹ̝̊l̩] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
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rhymes with -ɛntɹəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Having or containing the centre of something.
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adj
Meaning 3
Being very important, or key to something.
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Synonyms: dominant, main, principal
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adj
Meaning 4
Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adj
Meaning 5
Belong or relating to the center of an algebraic structure.
Of an element of an algebraic structure: which commutes with all other elements under multiplication
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Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 6
Belong or relating to the center of an algebraic structure.
Of a unital algebra over a field: whose center is exactly equal to the image of the base field
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Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 7
Of or pertaining to the Central Powers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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name
Meaning 8
A former local government region in central Scotland, created in 1975 mainly from Stirlingshire, abolished in 1996 and divided into 3 council areas: Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling (which were districts within the region).
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name
Meaning 9
An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
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name
Meaning 10
The Central Line of the London Underground, originally known as the Central London Railway.
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name
Meaning 11
A district of Rasht County, Gilan Province, Iran.
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name
Meaning 12
A barangay of Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines.
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noun
Meaning 13
center
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Usage: US, especially
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adjective
Meaning 14
in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a central position
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Antonyms: peripheral
adjective satellite
Meaning 15
serving as an essential component
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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Synonyms: cardinal, fundamental, key, primal
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noun
Meaning 16
a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: telephone exchange, exchange
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Broader terms: workplace, work
Narrower terms: centrex, switchboard, patchboard, plugboard
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron); by surface analysis, centre + -al.
Across languages
Translations
133 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: qendror — being in the centre
- Arabic: مَرْكَزِيّ (markaziyy) — being in the centre
- Arabic: وسْطاني (wəsṭæni) — being in the centre
- Armenian: կենտրոնական (kentronakan) — being in the centre
- Azerbaijani: mərkəzi — being in the centre
- Belarusian: цэнтра́льны (centrálʹny) — being in the centre
- Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় (kendriẏo) — being in the centre
- Bulgarian: центра́лен (centrálen) — being in the centre
- Burmese: ဗဟို (ba.hui) — being in the centre
- Catalan: central — being in the centre
- Chinese Mandarin: 中央 (zhōngyāng) — being in the centre
- Czech: ústřední — being in the centre
- Czech: centrální — being in the centre
- Danish: central — being in the centre
- Dutch: centraal — being in the centre
- Estonian: tsentraalne — being in the centre
- Estonian: keskne — being in the centre
- Finnish: keski- — being in the centre
- Finnish: keskus- — being in the centre
- French: central — being in the centre
- Friulian: centrâl — being in the centre
- Galician: central — being in the centre
- Georgian: ცენტრალური (cenṭraluri) — being in the centre
- German: zentral — being in the centre
- German: mittig — being in the centre
- Bavarian German: zenträu — being in the centre
- Greek: κεντρικός (kentrikós) — being in the centre
- Hebrew: מֶרְכָּזִי (merkazí) — being in the centre
- Hindi: केंद्रीय (kendrīya) — being in the centre
- Hungarian: központi — being in the centre
- Indonesian: sentral — being in the centre
- Ingrian: tsentraljnoi — being in the centre
- Italian: centrale — being in the centre
- Japanese: 中央の (chūō no) — being in the centre
- Japanese: 中心の (chūshin no) — being in the centre
- Kazakh: орталық (ortalyq) — being in the centre
- Khmer: កណ្ដាល (kɑɑkɑndaal) — being in the centre
- Korean: 중앙 (jung'ang) — being in the centre
- Korean: 중심 (jungsim) — being in the centre
- Korean: 가운데 (gaunde) — being in the centre
- Central Kurdish: ناوەندی (nawendî) — being in the centre
- Kyrgyz: борбордук (borborduk) — being in the centre
- Lao: ກາງ (kāng) — being in the centre
- Latin: centrālis — being in the centre
- Latin: medius — being in the centre
- Latvian: centrāls — being in the centre
- Lithuanian: centrinis — being in the centre
- Lombard: central — being in the centre
- Macedonian: средишен (središen) — being in the centre
- Macedonian: централен (centralen) — being in the centre
- Malay: pusat — being in the centre
- Malay: sentral — being in the centre
- Marathi: केंद्रीय (kendrīy) — being in the centre
- Mongolian: төв (töv) — being in the centre
- Mongolian: төвийн (töviin) — being in the centre
- Norwegian Bokmål: sentral — being in the centre
- Old English: middel — being in the centre
- Pashto: منځنی (manźanay) — being in the centre
- Pashto: مرکزي (markazí) — being in the centre
- Persian: مرکزی (markazi) — being in the centre
- Piedmontese: central — being in the centre
- Polish: centralny — being in the centre
- Polish: środkowy — being in the centre
- Portuguese: central — being in the centre
- Romanian: central — being in the centre
- Russian: центра́льный (centrálʹnyj) — being in the centre
- Serbo-Croatian: срѐдишњӣ — being in the centre
- Serbo-Croatian: централан — being in the centre
- Serbo-Croatian: srèdišnjī — being in the centre
- Serbo-Croatian: centralan — being in the centre
- Slovak: ústredný — being in the centre
- Slovak: centrálny — being in the centre
- Slovene: središčen — being in the centre
- Slovene: centralen — being in the centre
- Spanish: central — being in the centre
- Swahili: katikati — being in the centre
- Swedish: central — being in the centre
- Tajik: марказӣ (markazi) — being in the centre
- Thai: ศูนย์กลาง (sǔun-glaang) — being in the centre
- Thai: กลาง (glaang) — being in the centre
- Turkish: merkezi — being in the centre
- Turkish: orta — being in the centre
- Turkmen: merkezi — being in the centre
- Ukrainian: центра́льний (centrálʹnyj) — being in the centre
- Urdu: مرکزی (markazī) — being in the centre
- Uyghur: مەركىزىي (merkiziy) — being in the centre
- Uzbek: markaziy — being in the centre
- Vietnamese: trung ương — being in the centre
- Volapük: zänodik — being in the centre
- Volapük: zenodik — being in the centre
- Walloon: mîtrin — being in the centre
- Walloon: cintrå — being in the centre
- Welsh: canolog — being in the centre
- Yiddish: צענטראַל (tsentral) — being in the centre
- Bulgarian: гла́вен (gláven) — being very important
- Catalan: central — being very important
- Finnish: keskeinen — being very important
- French: central — being very important
- Galician: central — being very important
- German: zentral — being very important
- Bavarian German: zenträu — being very important
- Greek: κεντρικός (kentrikós) — being very important
- Hebrew: מרכזי (merkazí) — being very important
- Indonesian: sentral — being very important
- Italian: centrale — being very important
- Italian: fondamentale — being very important
- Japanese: 中心の (chūshin no) — being very important
- Japanese: 重要な (jūyō na) — being very important
- Macedonian: главен (glaven) — being very important
- Pashto: منځنی (manźanay) — being very important
- Polish: centralny — being very important
- Portuguese: central — being very important
- Romanian: central — being very important
- Sanskrit: मध्य (madhya) — being very important
- Spanish: central — being very important
- Swahili: katikati — being very important
- Yiddish: צענטראַל (tsentral) — being very important
- Bulgarian: центра́лен (centrálen) — having or containing the centre of something
- Catalan: central — having or containing the centre of something
- Czech: centrální — having or containing the centre of something
- Dutch: centraal — having or containing the centre of something
- Estonian: keskne — having or containing the centre of something
- Finnish: keskus- — having or containing the centre of something
- German: zentral — having or containing the centre of something
- Bavarian German: zenträu — having or containing the centre of something
- Greek: κεντρικός (kentrikós) — having or containing the centre of something
- Italian: centrale — having or containing the centre of something
- Japanese: 中心の (chūshin no) — having or containing the centre of something
- Macedonian: средишен (središen) — having or containing the centre of something
- Macedonian: централен (centralen) — having or containing the centre of something
- Pashto: منځنی (manźanay) — having or containing the centre of something
- Romanian: central — having or containing the centre of something
- Swahili: katikati — having or containing the centre of something
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