1. (n.)center the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
2. center a point, pivot, or axis around which something rotates or revolves.
3. center the core or middle of something.
4. center the source of an influence, action, or force: the center of a problem.
6. center a principal point, place, or object: a shipping center.
7. center a building or part of a building used as a meeting place or having facilities for activities.
8. center an office or other facility providing a service or dealing with a particular emergency.
9. center a person, thing, or group occupying the middle position, esp. a body of troops.
10. center a store or establishment devoted to a particular subject or hobby: a garden center.
11. center (usu. cap.)
12. center (esp. in continental Europe) the members of a legislative assembly who hold views intermediate between those of the Right and Left, customarily seated in the center of the chamber.
13. center individuals or groups holding moderate views, esp. in politics.
14. center the moderate position held by these people.
15. center a football lineman in the middle of the line who puts the ball into play by tossing it between his legs to a back.
17. center a basketball player, usu. the team's tallest, who plays close to and in front of the basket.
18. center this position or role.
19. center an ice hockey player who participates in a face-off at the beginning of play.
20. center Math.
21. center the mean position of a figure or system.
22. center the set of elements of a group that commute with every element of the group.
23. center a tapered rod, mounted in the headstock spindle or the tailstock spindle of a lathe, upon which the work to be turned is placed.
24. (v.t.)center to place in or on a center.
25. center to collect to or around a center; focus: He centered his novel on the Civil War.
26. center to determine or mark the center of.
27. center to adjust, shape, or modify (an object, part, etc.) so that its axis or the like is in a central or normal position.
28. (v.i.)center to be at or come to a center.
29. center to come to a focus; converge; concentrate (fol. by at, about, around, in, or on).
30. center to gather or accumulate in a cluster; collect (fol. by at, about, around, in, or on).
Etymology: (1325–75; < L centrum < Gk kéntron needle, pivoting point in drawing a circle, der. of kenteîn to sting)
Definition of 'CENTER'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)center, centre, middle, heart, eye 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"
2. (noun)center field, centerfield, center the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher "he hit the ball to deep center"
3. (noun)center, centre a building dedicated to a particularactivity "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
4. (noun)center, centre, midpoint a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
5. (noun)kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty 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"
6. (noun)center, centre, center of attention, centre of attention the object upon which interest and attention focuses "his stories made him the center of the party"
7. (noun)center, 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. (noun)center the middle of a military or naval formation "they had to reinforce the center"
9. (noun)center (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketballteam
10. (noun)center, 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. (noun)center, centre a place where some particular activity is concentrated "they received messages from several centers"
13. (noun)center (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
14. (noun)center, centre the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
15. (noun)plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre 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. (noun)center the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
17. (noun)center (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. (adj)center a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
19. (adj)center(a), halfway, middle(a), midway equally distant from the extremes
20. (verb)center of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
21. (verb)focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center center upon "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
22. (verb)concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet direct one's attention on something "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
23. (verb)center, centre move into the center "That vase in the picture is not centered"
5. center the center of attention the person everyone is watching She loves to be the center of attention.
6. center at the center of sth being the mainfocus of attention the politicians at the center of the scandal
7. (verb)center to put in a middle position Center the vase on the table.
Definition of 'CENTER'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)CENTER a point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middlepoint or place
3. (noun)CENTER 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; as, a center of attaction
5. (noun)CENTER 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
7. (noun)CENTER one of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves
8. (noun)CENTER a conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe
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