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centre

/ centre /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a low-lying region in central France
Type of:
French region
Has parts:
France French Republic
noun Sense 2
a building dedicated to a particular activity
"they were raising money to build a new center for research"
Type of:
building edifice
Kinds of:
burn center call center call centre community center civic center
noun Sense 3
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
Type of:
neural structure
Kinds of:
auditory center rhinencephalon olfactory brain Broca's area Broca's center
noun Sense 4
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
Type of:
sweet confection confectionery
Has parts:
chocolate candy
noun Sense 5
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
"they received messages from several centers"
Type of:
place property
Kinds of:
nerve center nerve centre
noun Sense 6
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Type of:
point
Kinds of:
bight center of curvature centre of curvature bowels bull's eye
Derived:
center
noun Sense 7
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"
Type of:
area country
Kinds of:
center stage centre stage city center city centre central city
Derived:
middle
verb Sense 8
move into the center
"That vase in the picture is not centered"
Type of:
move displace
Derived:
center midpoint
See also:
focus on center on revolve around revolve about concentrate on
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 9
direct one''s attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
Type of:
think cogitate cerebrate
Kinds of:
steep immerse engulf plunge engross
Derived:
center center of attention focus focusing focussing
Verb group:
rivet
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
94%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
62
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

French region building edifice burn center call center call centre community center civic center neural structure auditory center rhinencephalon olfactory brain