What is the meaning of center?

noun

• An area that is approximately central within some larger region.
  • usage: "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
  • synonyms: centre, middle, heart, eye
• The piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher.
  • usage: "he hit the ball to deep center"
  • synonyms: center field, centerfield
• A building dedicated to a particular activity.
  • usage: "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
  • synonyms: centre
• A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure.
  • synonyms: centre, midpoint
• The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.
  • usage: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
  • synonyms: kernel, substance, core, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
• The object upon which interest and attention focuses.
  • usage: "his stories made him the center of the party"
  • synonyms: centre, center of attention, centre of attention
• A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process.
  • usage: "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
  • synonyms: centre, nerve center, nerve centre
• The middle of a military or naval formation.
  • usage: "they had to reinforce the center"
• Basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team. (
• Football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback. (
  • usage: "the center fumbled the handoff"
  • synonyms: snapper
• A place where some particular activity is concentrated.
  • usage: "they received messages from several centers"
  • synonyms: centre
• Politically moderate persons; centrists.
• Ice hockey. ( the person who plays center on a hockey team)
• The sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering.
  • synonyms: centre
• 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.
  • usage: "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
  • synonyms: plaza, mall, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre
• The position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game.
• American football. ( the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play)
  • usage: "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"
• A position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game.

verb

• Center upon.
  • usage: "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
  • synonyms: focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on
• Direct one's attention on something.
  • usage: "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
  • synonyms: concentrate, focus, centre, pore, rivet
• Move into the center.
  • usage: "That vase in the picture is not centered"
  • synonyms: centre

adjective

• Equally distant from the extremes.
  • synonyms: halfway, middle, midway
• Of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually. .