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 Definitions of central  [ˈsɛn trəl]  

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Definition of 'central' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) central
of or forming the center.

2.  central
in, at, or near the center:
a central position.

3.  central
constituting something from which other related things proceed or upon which they depend:
a central office.

4.  central
principal; chief; dominant.

5.  central
of or pertaining to the central nervous system.

6.  central
(of a vowel) articulated with the tongue approximately midway between the front and back of the mouth, as the vowel (u) of
shut.

7. (n.) central
(formerly)

8.  central
a main telephone exchange.

9.  central
a telephone operator at such an exchange.

10. (n.) Central
a region in central Scotland. 273,400. 1016 sq. mi. (2631 sq. km).


Definition of 'central' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) central, telephone exchange, exchange
a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

2. (adj) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal
serving as an essential component
"a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

3. (adj) central
in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
"a central position"


Definition of 'central' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) central
the most important; = main
the article's central argument; Religious belief is central to life in this region.

2.  central
controlling or linking all other parts
the central database; the company's central office

3.  central
in the middle of sth
the central point in the circle; the central part of the region


Definition of 'central' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) central
relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points

2. (noun) central
alt. of Centrale


Translation of 'central' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: belonging to or near the centre (eg of a town)
His flat is very central.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sentraal Arabic flag Arabic: مَرْكَزي، في المركز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: централен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: central Czech flag Czech: ve středu města German flag German: zentral
Danish flag Danish: central Greek flag Greek: κεντρικός Spanish flag Spanish: central
Estonian flag Estonian: keskuses(asuv), keskel(as Farsi flag Farsi: مرکزی؛ واقع در مرکز Finnish flag Finnish: keskeinen
French flag French: central Hebrew flag Hebrew: מֵרכָּזִי Hindi flag Hindi: केन्द्रीय
Croatian flag Croatian: središnji, glavni Hungarian flag Hungarian: központi Indonesian flag Indonesian: pusat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: miðlægur, miðsvæðis Italian flag Italian: centrale Japanese flag Japanese: 中心の
Korean flag Korean: 중심의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: centre esantis, netoli ce Latvian flag Latvian: centrāls; centra-
Malay flag Malay: pusat bandar Dutch flag Dutch: centraal Norwegian flag Norwegian: sentral
Polish flag Polish: śródmiejski Persian flag Persian: مرکزی؛ واقع در مرکز Pashto flag Pashto: منځنى، مر كزى، اساسى: ستر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: central Romanian flag Romanian: central Russian flag Russian: расположенный в центре
Slovak flag Slovak: v centre Slovenian flag Slovenian: središčen, osrednji Serbian flag Serbian: u samom centru
Swedish flag Swedish: central Thai flag Thai: ที่เป็นศูนย์กลาง Turkish flag Turkish: merkezî
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 中心的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розташований у центрі Urdu flag Urdu: مرکز پر یا مرکز کے نزدیک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc trung tâm Chinese flag Chinese: 中心的

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