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How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: middle, centre, heart
Within this category: center stage, city center, City of London, financial center, hub, inner city, medical center, midfield, midstream, seat, storm center
How to sign: a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
Similiar / Same: midpoint, centre
Categories: point
Within this category: bight, bowels, bull's eye, center of curvature, center of gravity, center of mass, core, core, navel, nombril, nucleus, nucleus
How to sign: 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;
Similiar / Same: shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre, plaza, mall
Categories: mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet
How to sign: a building dedicated to a particular activity
"they were raising money to build a new center for research";
Similiar / Same: centre
Within this category: burn center, call center, community center, conference center, control center, research center, service club, settlement house, student center
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, kernel, substance, meat, nub, core, sum, heart, marrow
Categories: cognitive content, content, mental object
Within this category: bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, quintessence, stuff
