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central definition
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Grep of noun central capital of central africa central central africa central african republic central african republic franc central america central american central american country central american nation central american strap fern central artery of the retina central bank central body central chimpanzee central city central dravidian central gyrus central heating central intelligence agency central nervous system central office central park central processing unit central processor central standard time central sulcus central thai central time central vein of retina central vein of suprarenal gland central veins of liver central vision centralisation centrality centralization european central bank free central placentation south-central dravidian Overview of noun central The noun central has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. central, telephone exchange, exchange -- (a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication) Overview of adj central The adj central has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (11) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal -- (serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure") 2. (7) central -- (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position" "central heating and air conditioning") 3. (4) central -- (used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place "the people of Central and Northern Europe"; "country in central Africa") 4. (0) central -- (centrally located and easy to reach; "the central city has good bus service"; "the shop has a central location") Antonyms of adj central 3 of 4 senses of central Sense 1 cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant Sense 2 central (vs. peripheral) peripheral (vs. central) => circumferential => edge(postnominal), fringe(postnominal), fringy, marginal => encircling(postnominal), skirting(postnominal) => off-base Sense 4 central INDIRECT (VIA inner) -> outer Similarity of adj central 4 senses of central Sense 1 cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal => important (vs. unimportant), of import Sense 2 central (vs. peripheral) => amidship => bicentric => center(postnominal), halfway, middle(postnominal), midway => centric, centrical => focal => median, medial => middlemost, midmost => nuclear => bifocal => centered Sense 3 central Pertains to noun center (Sense 4) =>center, centre, midpoint => point Sense 4 central => inner(postnominal) (vs. outer) Attributes of adj central Familiarity of adj central central used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj central central central-fire central american centralised centralising centralist centralistic centralized centralizing east-central north-central south-central west-central Overview of noun central The noun central has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. central, telephone exchange, exchange -- (a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication) Overview of adj central The adj central has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (11) cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal -- (serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure") 2. (7) central -- (in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position" "central heating and air conditioning") 3. (4) central -- (used in the description of a place that in the middle of another place "the people of Central and Northern Europe"; "country in central Africa") 4. (0) central -- (centrally located and easy to reach; "the central city has good bus service"; "the shop has a central location")
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