Centre (category) definition

(1) A building dedicated to a particular activity

"They were raising money to build a new center for research"

(2) A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

"In most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"

(3) The sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

(4) A place where some particular activity is concentrated

"They received messages from several centers"

(5) A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

(6) 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"

(7) A low-lying region in central France

(8) Direct one's attention on something

"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

(9) Move into the center

"That vase in the picture is not centered"