Centre (Noun)
Meaning 1
The sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering.
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Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
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Meaning 2
The object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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- Nitty-gritty
- Inwardness
- Center
- Gist
- Substance
- Heart
- Meat
- Marrow
- Pith
- Heart And Soul
- Kernel
- Nub
- Sum
- Essence
- Core
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Meaning 4
An area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm".
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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- Storm Center
- Financial Center
- Medical Center
- Hub
- Central City
- Center Stage
- Inner City
- Seat
- Midfield
- City Center
- Midstream
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Meaning 5
A building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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- Community Center
- Student Center
- Burn Center
- Research Center
- Service Club
- Control Center
- Call Center
- Conference Center
- Settlement House
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Meaning 6
A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure.
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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- Bight
- Bull's Eye
- Navel
- Center Of Mass
- Bowels
- Center Of Gravity
- Nombril
- Center Of Curvature
- Core
- Nucleus
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Meaning 7
A low-lying region in central France.
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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- The Limousin region in central France is a rural area with a relatively low population density centred in the town of Guéret.
- In the centre of the region, the Dordogne and Isle rivers flow slowly through the landscape.
- The region's highest point, 971 meters above sea level, is situated near the centre of the Massif Central mountain range.
- The charming town of Aurillac is situated in the centre of the Cantal department in south-central France.
- From its centre, the Auvergne region stretches out to the west and northwest.
Meaning 8
A place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers".
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 9
A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere".
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Nouns denoting body parts.
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- Broca's Gyrus
- Superior Colliculus
- Wernicke's Area
- Auditory Center
- Broca's Area
- Respiratory Center
- Rhinencephalon
- Convolution Of Broca
- Broca's Convolution
- Inferior Colliculus