English noun: Centre | |||
1. | Centre (location) a low-lying region in central France | ||
Instance hypernym | French region | ||
Part meronym | France, French Republic | ||
2. | centre (location) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | ||
Samples | 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 | center, eye, heart, middle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | area, country | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | center stage, central city, centre stage, city center, city centre, financial center, hub, inner city, medical center, midfield, midstream, seat, storm center, storm centre | ||
Instance hyponym | City of London, the City | ||
3. | centre (location) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | ||
Synonyms | center, midpoint | ||
Broader (hypernym) | point | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bight, bowels, bull, bull's eye, center of curvature, center of gravity, center of mass, centre of curvature, centre of gravity, centre of mass, core, core, navel, navel point, nombril, nucleus, nucleus | ||
4. | centre (location) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | ||
Samples | They received messages from several centers. | ||
Synonyms | center | ||
Broader (hypernym) | place, property | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | capital, nerve center, nerve centre | ||
5. | centre (food) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | ||
Synonyms | center | ||
Broader (hypernym) | confection, sweet | ||
Substance meronym | chocolate candy | ||
6. | centre (cognition) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | ||
Samples | The gist of the prosecutor's argument. The heart and soul of the Republican Party. The nub of the story. | ||
Synonyms | center, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cognitive content, content, mental object | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bare bones, haecceity, hypostasis, quiddity, quintessence, stuff | ||
7. | centre (cognition) the object upon which interest and attention focuses | ||
Samples | His stories made him the center of the party. | ||
Synonyms | center, center of attention, centre of attention | ||
Broader (hypernym) | object | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | conversation piece, crosshairs, cynosure, eye-catcher | ||
8. | centre (body) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | ||
Samples | In most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere. | ||
Synonyms | center, nerve center, nerve centre | ||
Broader (hypernym) | neural structure | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | auditory center, Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's convolution, Broca's gyrus, convolution of Broca, inferior colliculus, olfactory brain, respiratory center, rhinencephalon, superior colliculus, Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center | ||
9. | centre (artifact) a building dedicated to a particular activity | ||
Samples | They were raising money to build a new center for research. | ||
Synonyms | center | ||
Broader (hypernym) | building, edifice | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | burn center, call center, call centre, civic center, community center, conference center, conference house, control center, research center, research facility, service club, settlement house, student center | ||
English verb: centre | |||
1. | centre (motion) move into the center | ||
Samples | That vase in the picture is not centered. | ||
Synonyms | center | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
2. | centre (cognition) direct one's attention on something | ||
Samples | Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies. | ||
Synonyms | center, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s on something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cerebrate, cogitate, think | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | absorb, engross, engulf, hear, immerse, listen, plunge, recall, soak up, steep, take heed, think, zoom in | ||
Verb group | rivet | ||