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| Main Entry: |
center
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | middle |
| Synonyms: | at halfway point, centermost, deepest, equidistant, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, interior, intermediary, intermediate, internal, mean, medial, mid, middlemost, midpoint, midway |
| Antonyms: | bordering, edging, exterior, marginal, outside, peripheral |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point of attraction for visitors, shoppers, travelers |
| Synonyms: | capital, city, club, concourse, crossroads, focal point, focus, heart, hub, mall, market, marketplace, mart, meeting place, metropolis, nerve center, plaza, polestar, shopping center, social center, station, town, trading center |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concentrate, draw together |
| Synonyms: | attract, bring to a focus, bring together, centralize, close on, collect, concenter, consolidate, converge upon, focalize, focus, gather, intensify, join, medialize, meet, unify |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate |
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Example Sentences
- The neutral wall color lets artwork and bedding take center stage.
- These are shipping crate-sized units that can be chain-ganged to make a data center.
- The center line represents the targeted value for the critical performance parameter of a product being manufactured.
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
average, straight, abstemious, adiaphorous, axial, azygous, central, centrical, centripetal, commonplace, concentric, entad, equatorial, equidistant, focal, fulcrate, geocentric, homocentric, intermediate, mean, medial, mediate, mediterranean, mesial, mesne, mesothetic, mid, middle, middle-class, middlemost, middling, midmost, neutral, paracentral, phallocentric, tapsell, umbilical, vorticiform, vortiginous
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| Main Entry: | armory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military building, usually for storing weapons |
| Synonyms: | arsenal, center, depot, dump, factory, headquarters, magazine, plant, range |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headquarters |
| Synonyms: | camp, center, depot, dock, field, garrison, hangar, harbor, home, port, post, settlement, site, starting point, station, strip, terminal |
| Antonyms: | annex, branch |
| Main Entry: | basis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation for belief, action |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, assumption, authority, axiom, backbone, background, backing, base, bedrock, cause, center, chief ingredient, core, crux, data, dictum, essence, essential, evidence, explanation, footing, fundamental, hard fact, heart, infrastructure, justification, keynote, keystone, law, nexus, nucleus, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, principal element, principle, proof, reason, root, rudiment, sanction, security, source, substratum, support, theorem, theory, underpinning, warrant |
| Main Entry: | bosom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heart; core |
| Synonyms: | affections, center, circle, conscience, emotions, feelings, inside, interior, sentiments, soul, spirit, sympathies |
| Antonyms: | exteriority, outside |
| Main Entry: | capitol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | building or buildings housing chief governmental offices |
| Synonyms: | Capitol Hill, center, dome, legislative hall, political scene, seat of government, statehouse |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
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