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Synonyms for center
cen·ter
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Wiktionary
centernoun
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centralAntonyms:
peripherycenternoun
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peripherycenternoun
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peripherycenternoun
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peripherycenternoun
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peripherycenteradjective
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centroid, center of gravity, center of masscenternoun
To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
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centralAntonyms:
peripherycenternoun
To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
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peripherycenternoun
The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
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midpointAntonyms:
peripherycenternoun
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peripherycenternoun
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peripherycenternoun
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peripherycenternoun
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peripherycenternoun
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peripherycenternoun
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periphery
English Synonyms and Antonyms
center
We speak of the center of a circle, the middle of a room, the middle of the street, the midst of a forest. The center is equally distant from every point of the circumference of a circle, or from the opposite boundaries on each axis of a parallelogram, etc.; the middle is more general and less definite. The center is a point; the middle may be a line or a space. We say at the center; in the middle. Midst commonly implies a group or multitude of surrounding objects. Compare synonyms for AMID.
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bound, boundary, circumference, perimeter, rim
Princeton's WordNet
center, centre, middle, heart, eyenoun
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"
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affection, warmness, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, philia, plaza, meat, centre, tenderness, snapper, core, marrow, sum, fondness, nerve, ticker, nerve center, shopping center, midsection, optic, midriff, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, bosom, mall, essence, nub, mettle, pump, heart and soul, shopping centre, oculus, spunk, midpoint, eye, middleAntonyms:
right-wing, left, right, peripheral, liberal, conservative, rightist, left-of-center, left-wing, leftish, old-line, leftist, far-right, far left, reactionist, reactionary, rightish, oldlinecenter field, centerfield, centernoun
the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
"he hit the ball to deep center"
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mall, nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
left, reactionary, far left, conservative, right, old-line, liberal, reactionist, peripheral, rightish, left-of-center, left-wing, far-right, leftish, leftist, right-wing, rightist, oldlinecenter, centrenoun
a building dedicated to a particular activity
"they were raising money to build a new center for research"
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
right, far-right, left-wing, far left, left-of-center, leftist, reactionist, leftish, conservative, right-wing, rightish, rightist, peripheral, oldline, old-line, left, reactionary, liberalcenter, centre, midpointnoun
a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
right-wing, reactionist, peripheral, rightish, oldline, left-wing, leftish, left-of-center, far-right, reactionary, old-line, liberal, rightist, right, conservative, far left, left, leftistkernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun
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"
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affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middleAntonyms:
right-wing, peripheral, reactionist, left, old-line, rightish, far left, oldline, liberal, far-right, rightist, left-wing, leftish, reactionary, conservative, left-of-center, leftist, rightcenter, centre, center of attention, centre of attentionnoun
the object upon which interest and attention focuses
"his stories made him the center of the party"
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
reactionary, rightist, peripheral, left, rightish, liberal, old-line, conservative, oldline, reactionist, right-wing, left-of-center, leftish, far-right, far left, left-wing, right, leftistcenter, centre, nerve center, nerve centrenoun
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
"in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
left-of-center, leftish, reactionist, oldline, conservative, right, right-wing, left-wing, rightish, reactionary, far-right, liberal, left, rightist, far left, leftist, old-line, peripheralcenternoun
the middle of a military or naval formation
"they had to reinforce the center"
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
left, leftist, right-wing, peripheral, reactionary, left-wing, leftish, rightist, reactionist, right, far left, conservative, oldline, liberal, old-line, far-right, left-of-center, rightishcenternoun
(basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
conservative, leftish, far left, liberal, rightish, leftist, peripheral, right, old-line, far-right, left-wing, right-wing, reactionary, rightist, reactionist, oldline, left-of-center, leftcenter, snappernoun
(football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
"the center fumbled the handoff"
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substance, center of attention, center field, plaza, meat, centre, cracker, snapper, core, marrow, sum, nerve center, shopping center, common snapping turtle, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, cracker bonbon, centerfield, gist, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, mall, essence, heart and soul, shopping centre, midpoint, eye, middleAntonyms:
old-line, right, liberal, rightish, rightist, leftist, left-wing, conservative, oldline, far left, right-wing, leftish, left-of-center, reactionary, left, peripheral, far-right, reactionistcenter, centrenoun
a place where some particular activity is concentrated
"they received messages from several centers"
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
oldline, conservative, left-of-center, leftish, right, reactionist, leftist, old-line, rightish, peripheral, far-right, left, far left, rightist, liberal, right-wing, reactionary, left-wingcenternoun
politically moderate persons; centrists
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
rightist, far left, right-wing, left-of-center, right, left, far-right, liberal, reactionist, conservative, oldline, left-wing, peripheral, leftist, leftish, reactionary, rightish, old-linecenternoun
(ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
right-wing, far-right, old-line, liberal, right, leftist, peripheral, rightist, rightish, oldline, left-of-center, reactionary, reactionist, left-wing, left, far left, conservative, leftishcenter, centrenoun
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
liberal, left, leftist, left-of-center, far-right, reactionary, rightish, peripheral, oldline, reactionist, leftish, right, right-wing, left-wing, rightist, far left, conservative, old-lineplaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centrenoun
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 movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
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promenade, substance, center of attention, center field, plaza, meat, centre, snapper, core, place, marrow, sum, nerve center, shopping center, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, centerfield, gist, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, mall, essence, heart and soul, shopping centre, piazza, midpoint, eye, middleAntonyms:
right, reactionary, peripheral, far left, left-wing, reactionist, old-line, left-of-center, right-wing, oldline, leftist, rightist, conservative, leftish, far-right, liberal, rightish, leftcenternoun
the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
reactionary, conservative, left, leftish, reactionist, left-of-center, far-right, far left, rightist, right, leftist, left-wing, oldline, rightish, liberal, peripheral, right-wing, old-linecenternoun
(American football) 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"
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
left-wing, right, rightist, leftish, oldline, liberal, rightish, right-wing, far-right, peripheral, far left, leftist, reactionary, reactionist, conservative, left, old-line, left-of-centercenteradjective
a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
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nitty-gritty, meat, middle, core, inwardness, shopping mall, sum, midpoint, centre of attention, shopping centre, gist, heart and soul, shopping center, substance, nub, mall, centre, kernel, eye, center of attention, essence, nerve center, center field, plaza, nerve centre, heart, centerfield, marrow, pith, snapperAntonyms:
rightist, old-line, oldline, rightish, leftish, liberal, leftist, right, right-wing, left, peripheral, conservative, reactionist, far-right, far left, reactionary, left-wing, left-of-centercenter(a), halfway, middle(a), midwayadjective
equally distant from the extremes
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conservative, far-right, rightist, right, leftish, left-of-center, rightish, peripheral, reactionist, far left, left-wing, reactionary, left, liberal, right-wing, leftist, old-line, oldlinecenterverb
of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
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midway, halfway, middle(a), center(a)Antonyms:
conservative, oldline, peripheral, far-right, liberal, left-wing, old-line, rightist, rightish, reactionary, far left, left, left-of-center, right, reactionist, leftish, leftist, right-wingfocus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, centerverb
center upon
"Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
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rivet, concentrate, circle around, circle round, centre, concentrate on, focus on, pore, center on, focus, revolve around, revolve aboutAntonyms:
left-wing, right-wing, leftist, oldline, far left, peripheral, left-of-center, liberal, reactionist, old-line, leftish, rightist, conservative, rightish, reactionary, right, far-right, leftconcentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivetverb
direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
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decoct, center on, concentrate on, focus, concentrate, sharpen, centralise, focus on, concenter, contract, digest, revolve around, condense, focalise, centre, boil down, focalize, revolve about, reduce, rivet, pore, concentre, centralizeAntonyms:
rightish, old-line, left-wing, far-right, left-of-center, peripheral, oldline, rightist, liberal, reactionist, reactionary, leftist, conservative, leftish, right-wing, right, left, far leftcenter, centreverb
move into the center
"That vase in the picture is not centered"
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rivet, concentrate, centre, concentrate on, focus on, pore, center on, focus, revolve around, revolve aboutAntonyms:
left-of-center, far left, far-right, leftish, reactionist, rightist, leftist, old-line, right-wing, liberal, rightish, left, right, oldline, conservative, peripheral, reactionary, left-wing
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Editors Contribution
hara
in yoga, qi gong, tai chi and martial arts, the hara refers to the center of the body and the center of gravity of the body.
focus your awareness on your hara as you take a deep breath in.
Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
centernoun
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circumference, perimeter, rim, boundaryAssociated words:
centrifugal, centrifugence, centricity, centripetal, centripetence, centrality, centralize, centralization, paracentric
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Center
Center vs. Centre -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Center and Centre.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#149 | message | |
#216 | center | |
#315 | total | |
#316 | place | |
#395 | content | |
#439 | join | |
#602 | status | |
#686 | central | |
#754 | means | |
#824 | centre | |
#870 | amount | |
#889 | heart | |
#1071 | effect | |
#1106 | union | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1230 | focus | |
#1566 | eye | |
#1617 | core | |
#1865 | facility | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2181 | spirit | |
#2264 | centers | |
#2764 | meaning | |
#3505 | kernel | |
#3601 | sum | |
#3877 | pump | |
#4041 | meat | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4518 | mall | |
#4562 | digest | |
#4733 | plaza | |
#4839 | centres | |
#5666 | hub | |
#5696 | perfume | |
#6303 | burden | |
#7024 | aggregate | |
#7805 | essence | |
#8377 | nerve | |
#9081 | focal | |
#9196 | concentrate | |
#10691 | optic | |
#12085 | nucleus | |
#12159 | midway | |
#12558 | ticker | |
#12856 | midst | |
#13835 | amid | |
#14560 | marrow | |
#15254 | halfway | |
#15557 | centro | |
#15988 | affection | |
#16651 | stub | |
#17018 | cracker | |
#19376 | piazza | |
#22682 | pore | |
#24739 | promenade | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#27827 | snapper | |
#30236 | summation | |
#30449 | sharpen | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32803 | gist | |
#33888 | totality | |
#34909 | rivet | |
#37398 | midpoint | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#48084 | fondness | |
#50335 | centroid | |
#60459 | condense | |
#64681 | centralize | |
#65586 | mettle | |
#69995 | pith | |
#70251 | nub | |
#71898 | centerfield | |
#99790 | midsection | |
#106597 | midriff | |
#131859 | oculus | |
#164247 | centralise | |
#194780 | philia | |
#244606 | inwardness | |
#307964 | nubble | |
#315244 | warmness |
How to use center in a sentence?
If the Remain campaign wins by a clear margin, the Conservative Party must quickly move on from the EU issue, on the Saturday morning we should go back wholeheartedly to the agenda David Cameron set out in his speech to last year's party conference, driving the Conservative Party onto the center ground and bolting it there.
Salvation Army volunteer Robert Cairncross:
My principal aim is to bring the Gospel, and I think if you spread the Gospel, then only good comes out of what you do, i’m amazed at the generosity of the American people for people less fortunate than themselves. When you go back to the Salvation Army center and see the gifts they’ve given there, it’s amazing.
The process in general is a bunch of chat windows open on a computer screen — about 20 or more — and then a bunch of people start looking into systems to find out, ‘ Where is that target ? What are the surrounding facilities ? Are there schools ? Are there hospitals ? Are there civilian populations ? What munition would be appropriate ? Do we engage or not ? By using technology developed by private companies, The Air Force says it saved time and manpower, and even saved nearly a million dollars of fuel per week. ( REUTERS) As part of a Defense Innovation Advisory Board, leaders from technology companies like Pivotal Software went to the Combined Air Operations Center( CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to see how they could help. What they encountered was startling. They saw lots of whiteboards.
It's kind of a mystery why he called himself Ri Chol, there are several of these senior guys that are close to the center in Pyongyang and they use different names.
This is a ministry for jobs and families and it is a sign that this government wants the economy to be front and center in the coming year.
Translations for center
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- middel, sentrumAfrikaans
- مركزArabic
- үҙәкBashkir
- сярэдзі́на, цэнтрBelarusian
- сре́дище, средище, център, среда, центрирам, съсредоточавам сеBulgarian
- কেন্দ্রBengali
- pivot, centralCatalan, Valencian
- střed, centrum, střediskoCzech
- canol, canoliWelsh
- midte, centrumDanish
- Stürmer, Mitte, Zentrum, Mittelpunkt, ausmitteln, zenterieren, konzenterieren, Zenterspieler, ansammeln, sammeln, zentrieren, konzentrieren, Drehpunkt, CenterGerman
- κέντροGreek
- centroEsperanto
- centro, meollo, pívot, promediar, concentrarse, centrar, mediar, centralSpanish
- keskusEstonian
- مرکزPersian
- asettaa, sentteri, keskushyökkääjä, keskipiste, keskus, ydin, keskittää, keskittyä, keski-, keskustaFinnish
- miðjaFaroese
- centre de masse, centre, milieu, pivot, foyer, sujet, centralFrench
- sintrum, midden, sintraalWestern Frisian
- ionad, lárionadIrish
- ionadScottish Gaelic
- centroGalician
- ynnydManx
- מרכז, מרכז כובדHebrew
- केंद्रHindi
- központ, középpont, kHungarian
- կենտրոնArmenian
- pusatIndonesian
- centroIdo
- miðstöð, miðja, miðpunkturIcelandic
- centroItalian
- 間, 球心, センター, 核心, 中心, 重心, 中心地, 円心Japanese
- ცენტრიGeorgian
- ортаKazakh
- qiteqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 中心, 가운데, 중심, 센터Korean
- چهقKurdish
- centrum, centreLatin
- centrasLithuanian
- centrsLatvian
- pūtahiMāori
- центар, це́нтар, сре́динаMacedonian
- төвMongolian
- pusatMalay
- midden, centrum, concentreren, middelpunt, centreren, centraalDutch
- midtpunkt, sentrum, midtNorwegian
- centrum, środekPolish
- منځPashto, Pushto
- centro, centrarPortuguese
- mijloc, centra, centru, concentraRomanian
- середина, центр, середи́на, среди́наRussian
- centar, центар, средиште, сред, središte, срединаSerbo-Croatian
- stred, sústrediť sa, dať do stredu, centrum, prostredný, strednýSlovak
- središče, center, sredinaSlovene
- qendërAlbanian
- centrum, center, mittpunkt, fokus, mitt, centrera, koncentrera, centralSwedish
- కేంద్రకం, నడుమ, కేంద్రం, మద్యTelugu
- марказTajik
- กลาง, สถานีThai
- merkezTurkish
- середи́на, центрUkrainian
- مرکزUrdu
- trung tâm, 中心Vietnamese
- צענטערYiddish
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