ˈsɛn.tɚ ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ) ˈsɛn.tɚ ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ) ˈsɛn.tɚ ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ) ˈsen.tə(ɹ) ˈsɛn.tɚ ˈsen.tə(ɹ) ˈsɛn.tɚ ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt ˈɛsəns ˈfəʊ.kəs ˈfoʊ.kəs dʒɪst

hɑːt hɑɹt ˈkɜːnəl ˈkɝnəl mæl mɔːl ˈmæɹəʊ ˈmæɹoʊ miːt ˈmɪdəl ˈmɪdəl ˈmɪdəl ˈmɘdɘl ˈmɪdəl ˈmɪdəl ˈmɪdəl ˈmɘdɘl mɪdweɪ ˌnɪtiˈɡɹɪti ˈnɪtiˈɡɹɪti nʌb pɪθ ˈplɑːzə ˈɹɪvət ˈsnæpɚ ˈsʌbstəns equally distant from the extremes direct one's attention on something Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game (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 the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game move into the center That vase in the picture is not centered of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually center upon Her entire attention centered on her children Our day revolved around our work 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 movie house they spent their weekends at the local malls 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