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center

Dictionary definition · center

noun

  1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region"it is in the center of town"
  2. the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher"he hit the ball to deep center"
  3. a building dedicated to a particular activity"they were raising money to build a new center for research"
  4. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
  5. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"
  6. the object upon which interest and attention focuses"his stories made him the center of the party"
  7. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

verb

  1. center upon"Her entire attention centered on her children"
  2. direct one's attention on something"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
  3. move into the center"That vase in the picture is not centered"

adjective

  1. equally distant from the extremes
  2. of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

Similar words

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).