Question 1 · Quick check
center
CEFRA1
/ˈsɛn.təː/
noun · verb
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
The middle point or part of something.
- 02
verb
To place something in the middle of a space.
Examples
The student center is a good place to strike up conversations.
The tourist information center gave a city map to whoever asked it.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [ˈsɛ̟n.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈsɛ̟n.tʰɹ̩]
- [ˈsɛ̟ɾ̃.ɚ] ~ [ˈsɛ̟ɾ̃.ɹ̩]
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
More examples
In contextThere are several centers of a triangle such as its circumcenter, incenter, orthocenter and centroid.
shopping center, convention center, civic center, garment center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center
The centroid is one of the centres of a triangle
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Origin
noun
From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum. * (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).