• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the Center jump to start the game
• the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play; "it is a Center''s responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"
• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
• a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new Center for research"
• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep Center"
• 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; "a good plaza should have a mov
• 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
• politically moderate persons; centrists
• the middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to reinforce the Center"
• 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"
• (football) the person who plays Center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the Center fumbled the handoff"
• (basketball) the person who plays Center on a basketball team
• (ice hockey) the person who plays Center on a hockey team
• 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"
• Center upon; "Her entire attention Centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

'Center' in other languages