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center

('s/E/nt/@/r )

adjective (a)

of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually(adj.all)

Antonym:
left

source: wordnet30

noun (n)

an area that is approximately central within some larger region(noun.location)

Example:
It is in the center of town.

Synonym:
centre, eye, heart, middle

source: wordnet30
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher(noun.artifact)

Example:
He hit the ball to deep center.

Synonym:
center field, centerfield

source: wordnet30
a building dedicated to a particular activity(noun.artifact)

Example:
They were raising money to build a new center for research.

Synonym:
centre

source: wordnet30
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure(noun.location)

Synonym:
centre, midpoint

source: wordnet30
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum

source: wordnet30
the object upon which interest and attention focuses(noun.cognition)

Example:
His stories made him the center of the party.

Synonym:
center of attention, centre, centre of attention

source: wordnet30
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process(noun.body)

Example:
In most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere.

Synonym:
centre, nerve center, nerve centre

source: wordnet30
the middle of a military or naval formation(noun.group)

Example:
They had to reinforce the center.

source: wordnet30
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback(noun.person)

Example:
The center fumbled the handoff.

Synonym:
snapper

source: wordnet30
a place where some particular activity is concentrated(noun.location)

Example:
They received messages from several centers.

source: wordnet30
politically moderate persons; centrists(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering(noun.food)

source: wordnet30
mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall

source: wordnet30
the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
(American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play(noun.act)

Example:
It is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback.

source: wordnet30
a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.(noun)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

equally distant from the extremes(adj.all)

Synonym:
halfway, middle, midway

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

center upon(verb.stative)

Example:
Her entire attention centered on her children.

Synonym:
center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around

source: wordnet30
direct one's attention on something(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet

source: wordnet30
move into the center(verb.motion)

Example:
That vase in the picture is not centered.

source: wordnet30
To be placed in a center; to be central.(verb)

source: webster1913
To place or fix in the center or on a central point.(verb)

source: webster1913

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