1. center(n = noun.location) centre, eye, heart, middle - an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
Derived form adjective central2, adjective centric1, adjective centrical1
2. center(n = noun.artifact) center field, centerfield - the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center"
3. center(n = noun.artifact) centre - a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
4. center(n = noun.location) centre, midpoint - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure;
Derived form adjective center1, verb center3, adjective central2, adjective centric1, adjective centrical1
5. center(n = noun.cognition) centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
Derived form adjective central1
6. center(n = noun.cognition) center of attention, centre, centre of attention - the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party"
Derived form verb center1, verb center2, adjective central1
7. center(n = noun.body) centre, nerve center, nerve centre - a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
8. center(n = noun.group) - the middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to reinforce the center"
9. center(n = noun.person) - (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team;
10. center(n = noun.person) snapper - (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff"
11. center(n = noun.location) centre - a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
12. center(n = noun.group) - politically moderate persons; centrists;
Derived form adjective center2
13. center(n = noun.person) - (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team;
14. center(n = noun.food) centre - the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering;
15. center(n = noun.artifact) mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall - 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; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
16. center(n = noun.act) - the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game;
17. center(n = noun.act) - (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play; "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"
18. center(n = noun.act) - a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game;
1. center(v = verb.stative) center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around - center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
Derived form noun center6, noun centering1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Something is ----ing PP
2. center(v = verb.cognition) centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
Derived form noun center6, noun centering1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s on something
3. center(v = verb.motion) centre - move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
Derived form noun center4
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. center(s = adj.all) halfway, middle, midway - equally distant from the extremes;
Derived form noun center4
2. center(a = adj.all) - of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually;
Antonym: left, right
Derived form noun center12
1. 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. [1913 Webster]
2. The middle or central portion of anything. [1913 Webster]
3. A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force;
4. The earth. Shak. [1913 Webster]
5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left. [1913 Webster]
6. A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting. [1913 Webster]
7. One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. [1913 Webster]
1. To be placed in a center; to be central. [1913 Webster]
2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center. [1913 Webster]
1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point. Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. To collect to a point; to concentrate. [1913 Webster]
3. To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. [1913 Webster]
center, US var. of CENTRE.
N focus, point of convergence, corradiation, center, gathering place, resort haunt retreat, venue, rendezvous, rallying point, headquarters, home, club, depot, trysting place, place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation, point de reunion, issue.
N centrality, centricalness, center, middle, focus, core, kernel, nucleus, nucleolus, heart, pole axis, bull's eye, nave, navel, umbilicus, backbone, marrow, pith, vertebra, vertebral column, hotbed, concentration, centralization, symmetry, center of gravity, center of pressure, center of percussion, center of oscillation, center of buoyancy, metacenter, central, centrical, middle, azygous, axial, focal, umbilical, concentric, middlemost, rachidian, spinal, vertebral, middle, midst, centrally.