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center
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danh từ & động từ
(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) (như) centre
Chuyên ngành Anh - Việt
center
['sentə]
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Hoá học
tâm, trung tâm
Kỹ thuật
tâm; lỗ tâm; lõi; trục tâm; mũi tâm; định tâm
Sinh học
trung tâm
Tin học
Canh giữa
Xây dựng, Kiến trúc
tâm; lỗ tâm; lõi; trục tâm; mũi tâm; định tâm
Từ điển Anh - Anh
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center

center (sĕnʹtər) noun

Abbr. ctr.

1. A point or place that is equally distant from the sides or outer boundaries of something; the middle: the center of town; the center of a stage.

2. a. A point equidistant from the vertexes of a regular polygon. b. A point equidistant from all points on the circumference of a circle or on the surface of a sphere.

3. A point around which something rotates or revolves: The sun is the center of our solar system.

4. A part of an object that is surrounded by the rest; a core: chocolates with soft centers.

5. a. A place where a particular activity or service is concentrated: a medical center. b. A point of origin, as of influence, ideas, or actions: a center of power; a center of unrest. c. An area of dense population: a metropolitan center.

6. A person or thing that is the chief object of attention, interest, activity, or emotion.

7. A person, object, or group occupying a middle position.

8. Often Center A political group or a set of policies representing a moderate view between those of the right and the left.

9. Physiology. A group of neurons in the central nervous system that control a particular function: the vasomotor center.

10. Sports. A player who holds a middle position on the field, court, or forward line in some team sports, such as football and basketball.

11. Baseball. Center field.

12. a. A small conical hole made in a piece of work with a center punch so that a drill can be accurately positioned within it. b. A bar with a conical point used to support work, as during turning on a lathe.

verb

centered, centering, centers

 

verb, transitive

1. To place in or at the center: centered the vase on the table.

2. To direct toward a center or central point; concentrate or focus: tried to center the discussion on the main issues.

3. Football. To pass (the ball) back between the legs to begin a down.

verb, intransitive

1. To be concentrated; cluster: The epidemic centered in the urban areas.

2. To have a central theme or concern; be focused: Her novels center on the problems of adolescence.

 

[Middle English centre, from Old French, from Latin centrum, from Greek kentron, center of a circle, from kentein, to prick.]

Synonyms: center, focus, headquarters, heart, hub, seat. The central meaning shared by these nouns is "a region, person, or thing around which something, such as an activity, is concentrated": a great cultural center; the focus of research efforts; the headquarters of a multinational corporation; a town that is the heart of the colony; the hub of a steel empire; the seat of government.

Usage Note: According to traditional canons of usage, the verb center may be freely used with the prepositions on, upon, in, or at; but its use with around is excoriated as "ungrammatical,""illogical,""geometrically senseless," and "physically impossible." But the fact that writers persist in using this phrase in sentences such as The discussion centered around the need for curriculum revision (where traditionalists would require revolved around) suggests a widespread perception that center around, for all its apparent illogicality, may sometimes represent the true nature of experience. Center may denote a variety of relations involving having, finding, or turning about a center, and the choice of a preposition depends on what is intended. There is reputable precedent for usages such as Our hope centered in the young sovereign; His thoughts centered on the long journey before him; and The trade is centered at Amsterdam; as well as for usages such as A storm of battle centered around the king, in which example around seems to be the only appropriate choice.

Đồng nghĩa - Phản nghĩa
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center
center (n)
  • midpoint, middle, halfway point, focal point, focus, bull's eye, epicenter
    antonym: edge
  • filling, inside, middle, core, layer, kernel, heart, interior
    antonym: coating
  • heart, downtown, region, city centre
  • complex, facility, development, building
  • cluster, concentration, focus, magnet, hotbed, breeding ground, birthplace
  • middle ground, consensus, majority, middle course, happy medium, middle America, center ground, middle England
    antonym: extreme
  • axis, pivot, pivotal point, fulcrum
  • focus, heart, core, nub, bottom, root
    antonym: periphery
    • center (v)
  • place, position, arrange, balance, adjust, align
  • focus on, turn on, concentrate on, home in on, revolve around, come to grips with, relate to, address, involve, target, examine, deal with
    antonym: ignore