CENTRE

• (noun) a building dedicated to a particular activity

  "they were raising money to build a new center for research"

  synonyms : center

• (noun) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

  "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

  synonyms : center , nerve center , nerve centre

• (noun) the object upon which interest and attention focuses

  "his stories made him the center of the party"

  synonyms : center , center of attention , centre of attention

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : center , core , essence , gist , heart , heart and soul , inwardness , kernel , marrow , meat , nitty-gritty , nub , pith , substance , sum

  We finally understood the pith of his argument. -added by naila_inlas

  The marrow of the lawyer's argument was that the defendant had committed the crime and needed to be punished severely. -added by naila_inlas

  There's not a kernel of truth in what they say. -added by nithi

  the kernel of your argument seems to be the inevitability of the division of that nation along ethnic lines -added by nithi

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

  synonyms : center

• (noun) a place where some particular activity is concentrated

  "they received messages from several centers"

  synonyms : center

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

  synonyms : center , midpoint

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : center , eye , heart , middle

• (noun) a low-lying region in central France

• (verb) direct one's attention on something

  "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

  synonyms : center , concentrate , focus , pore , rivet

  She knew she had to pore over her books in order to pass tomorrow’s exam. -added by naila_inlas

  "He is riveted by the video games" -added by sradha_inlas

• (verb) move into the center

  "That vase in the picture is not centered"

  synonyms : center

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