centre

Noun

• a building dedicated to a particular activity
  • they were raising money to build a new center for research
    

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
  • in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
    

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses
  • his stories made him the center of the party
    

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  • the gist of the prosecutor's argument
    
  • the heart and soul of the Republican Party
    
  • the nub of the story
    

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated
  • they received messages from several centers
    

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region
  • it is in the center of town
    
  • they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
    
  • they were in the eye of the storm
    

• a low-lying region in central France

Verb

• direct one's attention on something
  • Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
    

• move into the center
  • That vase in the picture is not centered
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  center , nerve center , nerve centre , center of attention , centre of attention , kernel , substance , core , essence , gist , heart , heart and soul , inwardness , midpoint , middle , eye , Centre , concentrate , focus , pore , rivet