center
Noun
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is a type of: area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)subtypes:
- center stage, centre stage - the central area on a theater stage
- central city, city center, city centre - the central part of a city
- storm center, storm centre - the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm
- financial center - the part of a city where financial institutions are centered
- hub - a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
- inner city - the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city
- medical center - the part of a city where medical facilities are centered
- midfield - (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse)
- seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- midstream - the middle of a stream
specific instances: city of london, the city - the part of London situated within the ancient boundaries; the commercial and financial center of London -
is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of landis a part of: outfield - the area of a baseball playing field beyond the lines connecting the basessame as: center field, centerfield
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is a type of: building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one placesubtypes:
- burn center - a center where patients with severe burns can be treated
- call center, call centre - a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers)
- civic center, community center - a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities
- conference center, conference house - a center where conferences can be conducted
- control center - the operational center for a group of related activities
- research center, research facility - a center where research is done
- service club - a recreational center for servicemen
- settlement house - a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services
- student center - a center for student activities at a college or university
same as: centre -
is a type of: point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited locationsubtypes:
- bight - the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
- center of curvature, centre of curvature - the center of the circle of curvature
- bowels - the center of the Earth
- bull, bull's eye - the center of a target
- center of gravity, centre of gravity - the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
- center of mass, centre of mass - point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
- core - the center of an object
- navel, navel point - the center point or middle of something
- nombril - the center point on a shield
- core - the central part of the Earth
- nucleus - the positively charged dense center of an atom
- nucleus - (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
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is a type of: cognitive content, content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learnedsubtypes:
- bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements
- hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
- haecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
- quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- stuff - a critically important or characteristic component
same as: centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum -
is a type of: object - the focus of cognitions or feelingssubtypes:
- conversation piece - something interesting that stimulates conversation
- crosshairs - a center of interest
- cynosure - something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
- eye-catcher - a striking person or thing that attracts attention
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is a type of: neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous systemsubtypes:
- auditory center - the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
- olfactory brain, rhinencephalon - a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
- broca's area, broca's center, broca's convolution, broca's gyrus, convolution of broca - the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
- wernicke's area, wernicke's center - the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
- superior colliculus - an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex
- inferior colliculus - an essential auditory center in the midbrain
- respiratory center - the center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles
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referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nationis a type of: formation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
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referred to in: basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoopspecific instances: bill russell, russell, william felton russell - United States basketball center (born in 1934)
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referred to in: football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goalis a type of: lineman - one of the players on the line of scrimmagesame as: snapper
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subtypes:
- nerve center, nerve centre - a center that provides information and control
- capital - a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
same as: centre -
is a type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum - people having the same social, economic, or educational statusmember holonym: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist - a person who takes a position in the political center
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referred to in: hockey, hockey game, ice hockey - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticksis a type of: hockey player, ice-hockey player - an athlete who plays hockey
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is a type of: confection, sweet - a food rich in sugarsubstance meronym: chocolate candy - candy made with chocolatesame as: centre
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is a type of: mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goodshas: food court - an area (as in a shopping mall) where fast food is sold (usually around a common eating area)
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is a type of: position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual playerbelongs to: hockey team - a team that plays ice hockey
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is a type of: lineman - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmagebelongs to: eleven, football team - a team that plays football
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is a type of: position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual playerbelongs to: basketball team, five - a team that plays basketball
Adjective
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similar to: central - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
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similar to: centrist, middle-of-the-road - supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative
Verb
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is a type of: cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgmentssubtypes:
- absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep - devote (oneself) fully to
- recall - cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
- think - focus one's attention on a certain state
- zoom in - examine closely; focus one's attention on
- hear, listen, take heed - listen and pay attention
verb group: rivet - hold (someone's attention) -
is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sensesame as: centre
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