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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Alabama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Alternative spelling of center.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, alt-of, alternative
Qualifier: Australian spelling
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noun
a building dedicated to a particular activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: center
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: building, edifice
Narrower terms: burn center, call center, call centre, community center, civic center, conference center, conference house, control center, research center, research facility, service club, settlement house, student center
noun
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: center, nerve center, nerve centre
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: neural structure
Narrower terms: auditory center, rhinencephalon, olfactory brain, Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's gyrus, Broca's convolution, convolution of Broca, Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center, superior colliculus, inferior colliculus, respiratory center
noun
the object upon which interest and attention focuses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: center, center of attention, centre of attention
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: object
Narrower terms: conversation piece, crosshairs, cynosure, eye-catcher
noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: content, cognitive content, mental object
Narrower terms: bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, haecceity, quintessence, stuff
noun
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: center
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Broader terms: sweet, confection
noun
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: center
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: place, property
Narrower terms: nerve center, nerve centre, capital
noun
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: center, midpoint
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: point
Narrower terms: bight, center of curvature, centre of curvature, bowels, bull's eye, bull, center of gravity, centre of gravity, center of mass, centre of mass, core, navel, navel point, nombril, nucleus
noun
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: center, middle, heart, eye
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: area, country
Narrower terms: center stage, centre stage, city center, city centre, central city, storm center, storm centre, financial center, hub, inner city, medical center, midfield, seat, midstream, City of London, the City
noun
a low-lying region in central France
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: French region
verb
direct one's attention on something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: concentrate, focus, center, pore, rivet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: think, cogitate, cerebrate
Narrower terms: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up, recall, think, zoom in, listen, hear, take heed
verb
move into the center
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: center
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
History
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
