Center

/ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ)/

The meaning and definition of Center, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. A place where the greater part of some function or activity occurs.
    “shopping center, convention center, civic center, garment center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center”
  2. A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
    “the center of attention”
adjective
  1. Of, at, or related to a center.
Synonyms middle midst center of gravity center of mass centroid midpoint
Antonyms periphery

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