a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research";
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere";
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering;
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";
a low-lying region in central France;
direct one''s attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies";
move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered";