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▸ noun: a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the center jump to start the game
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
▸ noun: a building dedicated to a particular activity ("They were raising money to build a new center for research")
▸ noun: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process ("In most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere")
▸ noun: the object upon which interest and attention focuses ("His stories made him the center of the party")
▸ noun: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
▸ noun: politically moderate persons; centrists
▸ noun: the middle of a military or naval formation ("They had to reinforce the center")
▸ noun: a place where some particular activity is concentrated ("They received messages from several centers")
▸ noun: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
▸ noun: an area that is approximately central within some larger region ("It is in the center of town")
▸ noun: (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback ("The center fumbled the handoff")
▸ noun: (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
▸ noun: (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
▸ noun: the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher ("He hit the ball to deep center")
▸ noun: 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
▸ noun: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
▸ verb: move into the center ("That vase in the picture is not centered")
▸ verb: direct one's attention on something
▸ verb: center upon ("Her entire attention centered on her children")
▸ adjective: of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #7769)
▸ Also see centers
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to center
▸ Usage examples for center
▸ Idioms related to center (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing center
▸ Popular nouns described by center
▸ Words that often appear near center
▸ Rhymes of center
▸ Invented words related to center
▸ noun: a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the center jump to start the game
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
▸ noun: a building dedicated to a particular activity ("They were raising money to build a new center for research")
▸ noun: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process ("In most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere")
▸ noun: the object upon which interest and attention focuses ("His stories made him the center of the party")
▸ noun: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
▸ noun: politically moderate persons; centrists
▸ noun: the middle of a military or naval formation ("They had to reinforce the center")
▸ noun: a place where some particular activity is concentrated ("They received messages from several centers")
▸ noun: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
▸ noun: an area that is approximately central within some larger region ("It is in the center of town")
▸ noun: (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback ("The center fumbled the handoff")
▸ noun: (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
▸ noun: (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
▸ noun: the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher ("He hit the ball to deep center")
▸ noun: 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
▸ noun: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
▸ verb: move into the center ("That vase in the picture is not centered")
▸ verb: direct one's attention on something
▸ verb: center upon ("Her entire attention centered on her children")
▸ adjective: of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #7769)
▸ Also see centers
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to center
▸ Usage examples for center
▸ Idioms related to center (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing center
▸ Popular nouns described by center
▸ Words that often appear near center
▸ Rhymes of center
▸ Invented words related to center