Main entry: center
Definition: a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
Main entry: center
Definition: (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
Main entry: center
Definition: the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
Definition: a building dedicated to a particular activity
Usage: they were raising money to build a new center for research
Main entry: center, center field, centerfield
Definition: the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
Usage: he hit the ball to deep center
Main entry: mall, center, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall
Definition: 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
Main entry: nerve center, nerve centre, centre, center
Definition: a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
Usage: in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
Main entry: center, center of attention, centre, centre of attention
Definition: the object upon which interest and attention focuses
Usage: his stories made him the center of the party
Main entry: gist, heart, heart and soul, nub, nitty-gritty, essence, core, centre, center, pith, meat, inwardness, kernel, marrow, substance, sum
Definition: 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
Definition: the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
Main entry: center
Definition: politically moderate persons; centrists
Main entry: center
Definition: the middle of a military or naval formation
Usage: they had to reinforce the center
Definition: a place where some particular activity is concentrated
Usage: they received messages from several centers
Main entry: center, centre, midpoint
Definition: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Main entry: eye, heart, centre, center, middle
Definition: 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
Definition: (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
Usage: the center fumbled the handoff
Main entry: center
Definition: (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
Main entry: center
Definition: (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
Main entry: focus, concentrate, center, centre, rivet, pore
Definition: direct one's attention on something
Usage: Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
Definition: move into the center
Usage: That vase in the picture is not centered
Main entry: revolve about, revolve around, concentrate on, focus on, center, center on
Definition: center upon
Usage: Her entire attention centered on her children; Our day revolved around our work
Main entry: center, middle, midway, halfway
Definition: equally distant from the extremes
Main entry: center
Definition: of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually