centre
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
move into the center
That vase in the picture is not centered
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
it is in the center of town
Types & categories
- area hypernym
- center stage hyponym
- city center hyponym
- storm center hyponym
- financial center hyponym
- hub hyponym
- inner city hyponym
- medical center hyponym
- midfield hyponym
- seat hyponym
- midstream hyponym
- the City instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
direct one's attention on something
Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- assiduity derivation
- engrossment derivation
- centering derivation
- center of attention derivation
- rivet verb group
Sense 4 noun
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Types & categories
- point hypernym
- bight hyponym
- center of curvature hyponym
- bowels hyponym
- bull's eye hyponym
- center of gravity hyponym
- center of mass hyponym
- core hyponym
- navel point hyponym
- nombril hyponym
- core hyponym
- nucleus hyponym
- nucleus hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
they received messages from several centers
Types & categories
- place hypernym
- nerve center hyponym
- capital hyponym
Sense 6 noun
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
Types & categories
- confection hypernym
Parts & wholes
- chocolate candy substance holonym
Sense 7 noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the gist of the prosecutor's argument
Types & categories
- cognitive content hypernym
- bare bones hyponym
- hypostasis hyponym
- haecceity hyponym
- quintessence hyponym
- stuff hyponym
Related & opposite
- summate derivation
- pithy derivation
- all-importanta derivation
- cardinal derivation
- meaty derivation
Sense 8 noun
the object upon which interest and attention focuses
his stories made him the center of the party
Types & categories
- object hypernym
- conversation piece hyponym
- crosshairs hyponym
- cynosure hyponym
- eye-catcher hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
Types & categories
- neural structure hypernym
- auditory center hyponym
- rhinencephalon hyponym
- Broca's area hyponym
- Wernicke's area hyponym
- superior colliculus hyponym
- inferior colliculus hyponym
- respiratory center hyponym
Sense 10 noun
a building dedicated to a particular activity
they were raising money to build a new center for research
Types & categories
- building hypernym
- burn center hyponym
- call center hyponym
- community center hyponym
- conference center hyponym
- control center hyponym
- research center hyponym
- service club hyponym
- settlement house hyponym
- student center hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | center |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | midpoint |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | middle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | central |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | centric |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | area |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | center stage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | city center |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | storm center |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | financial center |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hub |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inner city |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | medical center |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | midfield |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | midstream |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | the City |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | assiduity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | engrossment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | centering |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | center of attention |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | rivet |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cerebrate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | steep |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | recall |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | think |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | zoom in |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | take heed |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | centre |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | central |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | midway |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | centric |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bight |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | center of curvature |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowels |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bull's eye |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | center of gravity |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | center of mass |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | core |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | navel point |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | nombril |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | core |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | nucleus |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | nucleus |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | place |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | nerve center |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | capital |
| 6 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | chocolate candy |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | confection |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | summate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | pithy |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | all-importanta |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | cardinal |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | meaty |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive content |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bare bones |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypostasis |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | haecceity |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | quintessence |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuff |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | rivet |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | center |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | cardinal |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | conversation piece |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | crosshairs |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | cynosure |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | eye-catcher |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | neural structure |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | auditory center |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhinencephalon |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | Broca's area |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | Wernicke's area |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | superior colliculus |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | inferior colliculus |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | respiratory center |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | building |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | burn center |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | call center |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | community center |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | conference center |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | control center |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | research center |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | service club |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | settlement house |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | student center |