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Adjective center has 2 senses

center, halfway, middle, midway - equally distant from the extremes
Antonym: peripheral (indirect, via central)
center - of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
Antonyms: right, conservative, reactionary, reactionist, far-right, rightish, rightist, right-wing, left, far left, leftish, leftist, left-of-center, left-wing, liberal

Noun center has 18 senses

center, centre, middle, heart, eye - 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"
--₁ is a kind of area, country
--₁ has particulars:
center stage, centre stage; city center, city centre, central city; storm center, storm centre; financial center; hub; inner city; medical center; midfield; seat; City of London, the City; midstream
center field, center - the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center"
--₂ is a kind of tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel
--₂ is a part of outfield

center, centre - a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
--₃ is a kind of building, edifice
--₃ has particulars:

burn center; call center, call centre; community center, civic center; conference center, conference house; control center; research center, research facility; service club; settlement house; student center

center, centre, midpoint - a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
--₄ is a kind of point
--₄ has particulars:

bight; center of curvature, centre of curvature; bowels; bull's eye, bull; center of gravity, centre of gravity; center of mass, centre of mass; core; navel, navel point; nombril; core; nucleus; nucleus

Derived form: verb center₃

kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty - 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"
--₅ is a kind of content, cognitive content, mental object
--₅ has particulars:
bare bones; hypostasis; quiddity, haecceity; quintessence; stuff
center, center of attention - the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party"
--₆ is a kind of object
--₆ has particulars: conversation piece; crosshairs; cynosure; eye-catcher
Derived forms: verb center₁, verb center₂

center, centre, nerve center, nerve centre - a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
--₇ is a kind of neural structure
--₇ has particulars:

auditory center; rhinencephalon, olfactory brain; Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's gyrus, Broca's convolution, convolution of Broca; Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center; superior colliculus; inferior colliculus; respiratory center

center - the middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to reinforce the center"
--₈ is a kind of formation
center - (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
--₉ is a kind of basketball player, basketeer, cager
--₉ has particulars: Russell, Bill Russell, William Felton Russell
center, snapper - (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff"
--₁₀ is a kind of lineman
center, centre - a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
--₁₁ is a kind of place, property
--₁₁ has particulars: nerve center, nerve centre
center - politically moderate persons; centrists
--₁₂ is a kind of class, social class, socio-economic class
--₁₂ has members: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist
center - (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
--₁₃ is a kind of hockey player, ice-hockey player
center, centre - the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
--₁₄ is a kind of sweet, confection, confectionery
--₁₄ is a substance of chocolate candy
plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping 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; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
--₁₅ is a kind of mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet
center - the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
--₁₆ is a kind of position
--₁₆ is a member of hockey team
center - 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"
--₁₇ is a kind of lineman
--₁₇ is a member of football team, eleven
center - a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the center jump to start the game
--₁₈ is a kind of position
--₁₈ is a member of basketball team, five

Verb center has 3 senses

focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center - center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
--₁ is one way to refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on

Derived forms: noun center₆, noun centering₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
=> Something is ----ing PP
=> Somebody ----s PP
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
--₂ is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate

Derived forms: noun center₆, noun centering₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s on something
center, centre - move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
--₃ is one way to move, displace

Derived form: noun center₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something