HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of CENTER products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | seh'ner; seh'nter |
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| Rhymes | Afrikaner, afterburner, airliner, and 172 more rhymes in ner... |
| abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 628 more rhymes in ter... |
| Meaning | Equally distant from the extremes. |
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| Synonyms | halfway, middle, midway |
| Similar to | central |
| Meaning | Of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually. |
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| Contrary | right; left |
| Similar | centrist, middle-of-the-road |
| Meaning | An area that is approximately central within some larger region. |
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| Examples | "it is in the center of town" |
| Synonyms | centre, middle, heart, eye |
| Broader | area, country |
| Narrower | center stage, centre stage; city center, city centre, central city; storm center, storm centre; financial center; hub; inner city; medical center; midfield; seat; midstream |
| Instances | City of London, the City |
| Adjectives | centric, centrical; centric, centrical |
| Meaning | The piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher. |
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| Examples | "he hit the ball to deep center" |
| Synonyms | center field, centerfield |
| Part of | outfield |
| Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel |
| Meaning | A building dedicated to a particular activity. |
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| Examples | "they were raising money to build a new center for research" |
| Synonyms | centre |
| Broader | building, edifice |
| Narrower | 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 |
| Meaning | A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. |
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| Synonyms | centre, midpoint |
| Broader | point |
| Narrower | 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 |
| Adjectives | central; centric, centrical; centric, centrical |
| Verbs | center |
| Meaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. |
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| Synonyms | kernel, substance, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object |
| Narrower | bare bones; hypostasis; quiddity, haecceity; quintessence; stuff |
| Meaning | The object upon which interest and attention focuses. |
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| Examples | "his stories made him the center of the party" |
| Synonyms | center of attention |
| Broader | object |
| Narrower | conversation piece; crosshairs; cynosure; eye-catcher |
| Verbs | center; center |
| Meaning | A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process. |
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| Examples | "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere" |
| Synonyms | centre, nerve center, nerve centre |
| Broader | neural structure |
| Narrower | 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 |
| Meaning | The middle of a military or naval formation. |
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| Examples | "they had to reinforce the center" |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
| Broader | formation |
| Meaning | (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team. |
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| Category | basketball, basketball game, hoops |
| Broader | basketball player, basketeer, cager |
| Instances | Russell, Bill Russell, William Felton Russell |
| Meaning | (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback. |
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| Examples | "the center fumbled the handoff" |
| Synonyms | snapper |
| Category | football, football game |
| Broader | lineman |
| Meaning | A place where some particular activity is concentrated. |
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| Examples | "they received messages from several centers" |
| Synonyms | centre |
| Broader | place, property |
| Narrower | nerve center, nerve centre; capital |
| Meaning | Politically moderate persons. Centrists. |
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| Members | centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist |
| Broader | class, social class, socio-economic class |
| Meaning | (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team. |
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| Category | ice hockey, hockey, hockey game |
| Broader | hockey player, ice-hockey player |
| Meaning | The sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering. |
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| Synonyms | centre |
| Substance of | chocolate candy |
| Broader | sweet, confection |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | plaza, mall, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre |
| Parts | food court |
| Broader | mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet |
| Meaning | The position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game. |
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| Member of | hockey team |
| Broader | position |
| Meaning | The position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play. |
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| Examples | "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback" |
| Member of | football team, eleven |
| Broader | lineman |
| Meaning | A position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game. |
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| Member of | basketball team, five |
| Broader | position |
| Meaning | Center upon. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Her entire attention centered on her children" |
| Synonyms | focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on |
| Broader | refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on |
| Nouns | center; centering |
| Meaning | Direct one's attention on something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s on something |
| Synonyms | concentrate, focus, centre, pore, rivet |
| Similar to | rivet |
| Broader | think, cogitate, cerebrate |
| Narrower | steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up; recall; think; zoom in; listen, hear, take heed |
| Nouns | center; centering |
| Meaning | Move into the center. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "That vase in the picture is not centered" |
| Synonyms | centre |
| Broader | move, displace |
| See also | center on |
| Nouns | center |
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