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Center   /sˈɛntər/  /sˈɛnər/   Listen
Center

noun
1.
An area that is approximately central within some larger region.  Synonyms: centre, eye, heart, middle.  "They ran forward into the heart of the struggle" , "They were in the eye of the storm"
2.
The piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher.  Synonyms: center field, centerfield.
3.
A building dedicated to a particular activity.  Synonym: centre.
4.
A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure.  Synonyms: centre, midpoint.
5.
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.  Synonyms: centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum.  "The heart and soul of the Republican Party" , "The nub of the story"
6.
The object upon which interest and attention focuses.  Synonyms: center of attention, centre, centre of attention.
7.
A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process.  Synonyms: centre, nerve center, nerve centre.
8.
The middle of a military or naval formation.
9.
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team.
10.
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback.  Synonym: snapper.
11.
A place where some particular activity is concentrated.  Synonym: centre.
12.
Politically moderate persons; centrists.
13.
(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team.
14.
The sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering.  Synonym: centre.
15.
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.  Synonyms: mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall.  "They spent their weekends at the local malls"
16.
The position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game.
17.
(American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play.
18.
A position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game.
verb
(past & past part. centered or centred; pres. part. centering or centring)
1.
Center upon.  Synonyms: center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around.  "Our day revolved around our work"
2.
Direct one's attention on something.  Synonyms: centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet.
3.
Move into the center.  Synonym: centre.
adjective
1.
Equally distant from the extremes.  Synonyms: halfway, middle, midway.
2.
Of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually.  Antonyms: left, right.



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"Center" Quotes from Famous Books



... of fantastic ideas flitted through my brain as I took possession of my post. I began, however, by setting the lantern in the middle of the road, exactly in the center of the chain, as a warning to any on-comer. Then by the moonlight, I proceeded to examine my gun. It was a very primitive arm, and after carefully weighing it in my hands, I decided to abandon all thought ...
— My Home In The Field of Honor • Frances Wilson Huard

... guard posted before the tent which doubled as press and communications center, and the ...
— Border, Breed Nor Birth • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... of Ameriky it would be vallyble as showin how high a pinnykle of fame a man can reach who commenst his career with a small canvas tent and a pea-green ox, which he rubbed it off while scrachin hisself agin the center pole, causin in Rahway, N.Y., a discriminatin mob to say humbugs would not go down in their village. The ox resoom'd agricultooral ...
— The Complete Works of Artemus Ward, Part 7 • Charles Farrar Browne

... to complete their task to their satisfaction. When it was concluded they had the three empty kegs lashed in a triangle about five feet apart, while two planks crossing the triangle, assisted to keep all firm and tight; floating in the center of the triangle was the keg of water. "There, I don't think we can improve that, Peter," Tom said at last, "now, let us get on and try it." They did so, and, to their great delight, found that it floated a few inches above water. "We ...
— The Young Buglers • G.A. Henty

... Each center of settlement had been inspired by an impulse separate from that of others. Alike as some of them were, in having as a moving cause a desire to escape from persecution, religious or political, or otherwise to better conditions, they were divided by years, if not by generations, ...
— Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II - The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562--1733 • Various


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