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tər noun
1.
2.
a point, pivot, axis, etc., around which anything rotates or revolves: The sun is the center of the solar system.
3.
the source of an influence, action, force, etc.: the center of a problem.
4.
a point, place, person, etc., upon which interest, emotion, etc., focuses: His family is the center of his life.
5.
a principal point, place, or object: a shipping center.
6.
a building or part of a building used as a meeting place for a particular group or having facilities for certain activities: a youth center; The company has a complete recreation center in the basement.
7.
an office or other facility providing a specific service or dealing with a particular emergency: a flood-relief center; a crisis center.
8.
a person, thing, group, etc., occupying the middle position, especially a body of troops.
9.
the core or middle of anything: chocolate candies with fruit centers.
10.
a store or establishment devoted to a particular subject or hobby, carrying supplies, materials, tools, and books as well as offering guidance and advice: a garden center; a nutrition center.
11.
12.
( usually initial capital letter ) Government.
a.
the part of a legislative assembly, especially in continental Europe, that sits in the center of the chamber, a position customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold political views intermediate between those of the Right and Left.
b.
the members of such an assembly who sit in the Center.
c.
the political position of persons who hold moderate views.
d.
politically moderate persons, taken collectively; Centrists; middle-of-the-roaders: Unfortunately, his homeland has always lacked a responsible Center.
13.
Football.
a.
a lineman who occupies a position in the middle of the line and who puts the ball into play by tossing it between his legs to a back.
b.
the position played by this lineman.
14.
Basketball.
a.
a player who participates in a center jump.
b.
the position of the player in the center of the court, where the center jump takes place at the beginning of play.
15.
Ice Hockey. a player who participates in a face-off at the beginning of play.
16.
Baseball. center field.
17.
Physiology. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific organic process: the vasomotor center.
18.
19.
Machinery.
a.
a tapered rod, mounted in the headstock spindle (live center) or the tailstock spindle (dead center) of a lathe, upon which the work to be turned is placed.
b.
one of two similar points on some other machine, as a planing machine, enabling an object to be turned on its axis.
c.
a tapered indentation, in a piece to be turned on a lathe, into which a center is fitted.
verb (used with object)
20.
to place in or on a center: She centered the clock on the mantelpiece.
21.
to collect to or around a center; focus: He centered his novel on the Civil War.
22.
to determine or mark the center of: A small brass star centered the tabletop.
23.
to adjust, shape, or modify (an object, part, etc.) so that its axis or the like is in a central or normal position: to center the lens of a telescope; to center the work on a lathe.
24.
to place (an object, part, etc.) so as to be equidistant from all bordering or adjacent areas.
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verb (used without object)
Idioms 27.
to be at or come to a center.
28.
to come to a focus; converge; concentrate (followed by at, about, around, in, or on ): The interest of the book centers specifically on the character of the eccentric hero. Political power in the town centers in the position of mayor.
29.
to gather or accumulate in a cluster; collect (followed by at, about, around, in, or on ): Shops and municipal buildings center around the city square.
30.
on center, from the centerline or midpoint of a structural member, an area of a plan, etc., to that of a similar member, area, etc.: The studs are set 30 inches on center. Abbreviation: o.c.
Also, especially British, centre.
Origin:
1325–75; variant of Middle English centre < Latin centrum < Greek kéntron needle, spur, pivoting point in drawing a circle, derivative of kenteîn to sting
1325–75; variant of Middle English centre < Latin centrum < Greek kéntron needle, spur, pivoting point in drawing a circle, derivative of kenteîn to sting
Related forms
cen·ter·a·ble, adjective
cen·ter·less, adjective
su·per·cen·ter, noun
Antonyms
1. edge.
1. edge.
Usage note
29. Although sometimes condemned for alleged illogicality, the phrases center about and center around have appeared in edited writing for more than a century to express the sense of gathering or collecting as if around a center: The objections center around the question of fiscal responsibility.
29. Although sometimes condemned for alleged illogicality, the phrases center about and center around have appeared in edited writing for more than a century to express the sense of gathering or collecting as if around a center: The objections center around the question of fiscal responsibility.
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centre or (US) center (ˈsɛntə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | geometry |
| a. the midpoint of any line or figure, esp the point within a circle or sphere that is equidistant from any point on the circumference or surface | |
| b. the point within a body through which a specified force may be considered to act, such as the centre of gravity | |
| 2. | the point, axis, or pivot about which a body rotates |
| 3. | a point, area, or part that is approximately in the middle of a larger area or volume |
| 4. | a place at which some specified activity is concentrated: a shopping centre |
| 5. | a person or thing that is a focus of interest |
| 6. | a place of activity or influence: a centre of power |
| 7. | a person, group, policy, or thing in the middle |
| 8. | (usually capital) politics |
| a. a political party or group favouring moderation, esp the moderate members of a legislative assembly | |
| b. (as modifier): a Centre-Left alliance | |
| 9. | physiol any part of the central nervous system that regulates a specific function: respiratory centre |
| 10. | a bar with a conical point upon which a workpiece or part may be turned or ground |
| 11. | a punch mark or small conical hole in a part to be drilled, which enables the point of the drill to be located accurately |
| 12. | sport |
| a. a player who plays in the middle of the forward line | |
| b. the act or an instance of passing the ball from a wing to the middle of the field, court, etc | |
| 13. | basketball |
| a. the position of a player who jumps for the ball at the start of play | |
| b. the player in this position | |
| 14. | archery |
| a. the ring around the bull's eye | |
| b. a shot that hits this ring | |
| —vb (often foll by on) | |
| 15. | to move towards, mark, put, or be at a centre |
| 16. | (tr) to focus or bring together: to centre one's thoughts |
| 17. | to have as a main point of view or theme: the novel centred on crime |
| 18. | (tr) to adjust or locate (a workpiece or part) using a centre |
| 19. | (intr; |
| 20. | (tr) sport to pass (the ball) into the middle of the field or court |
| [C14: from Latin centrum the stationary point of a compass, from Greek kentron needle, from kentein to prick] | |
| center or (US) center | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C14: from Latin centrum the stationary point of a compass, from Greek kentron needle, from kentein to prick] | |
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Word Origin & History
center
late 14c., from O.Fr. centre, from L. centrum "center," orig. fixed point of the two points of a compass, from Gk. kentron "sharp point, goad," from kentein "stitch," from PIE base *kent- "to prick" (cf. Breton kentr "a spur," O.H.G. hantag "sharp, pointed"). The verb is from 1620s. Spelling with -re
popularized in Britain by Johnson's dictionary, though -er is older. Center of gravity is recorded from 1650s.
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center cen·ter (sěn'tər)
n.
A point or place in the body that is equally distant from its sides or outer boundaries; the middle.
A group of neurons in the central nervous system that control a particular function.
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