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centersnounpl. of center a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interesta stretch of coastline that has long been the area's center of tourism axes, bases, capitals, centrals, cores, cynosures, epicenters, eyes, foci(also focuses), ground zeros, hearts, hubs, loci, meccas, navels, nerve centers, nexuses(or nexus), nuclei(also nucleuses), omphali, seats headquartershappy hunting grounds, hives, hotbeds, hot spots, playgrounds, playlandskernels, nubs, pithsdeeps, thicksessences, quintessences, soulsattractions, lodestones(also loadstones), magnets, polestars an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surfacethe center of the earth cores, middles, midpoints, midsts insides, interiors perimeters, peripheries to bring (something) to a central point or under a single controlcentered administrative duties under the command of a single person centralizes, compacts, concenters, concentrates, consolidates, polarizes, unifies, unites coordinates, harmonizes, integrates, orchestratesblends, coalesces, combines, fuses, incorporates, merges, reducesconjoins, joins, linksassembles, collects, colligates, gathersreunifies, reunites decentralizes, deconcentrates, spreads (out) segregates, separates to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objectivethe students centered their attention on final exams concentrates, fastens, focuses(or focusses), rivets, trains aims, directs, homes (in on), hones in (on), levels, nails, points, sets, zeroes (in on)attends, heeds, mindsfixates (on), obsesses (over)refocuses |