Central

Quick meaning: Central is an adjective meaning Being in the centre.

Meaning

Being in the centre.

More Meanings

1. Having or containing the centre of something.
2. Being very important, or key to something.
3. (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
4. (algebra) Belong or relating to the center of an algebraic structure.
5. (especially US) center

Example Sentences

Egyption Thebes; / Tyre by the margin of the sounding waves; / Palmyra, central in the Desert, fell; / And the Arts died by which they had been raised.

The network had no central ownership or controller; and it did only one thing – transfer data packets from one edge of the network to their destination at another edge.

Cleverley was a central figure as England took the lead inside three minutes. He saw his shot handled by Moldovan defender Simion Bulgaru and Lampard drilled home the penalty in trademark fashion.

Passengers crowd in the main concourse at London Euston on January 28 2017, before boarding West Coast Main Line services. The urgent need to relieve congestion and improve reliability on the WCML remains central in the recently published Full Business Case for HS2.

Word Forms

• centralmost
• centremost
• centermost
• centrals

Synonyms for central

Depending on context, synonyms include dominant, main, principal, cardinal, fundamental, important.

Antonyms for central

Common opposites include peripheral, local.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include centrical, centric, centered, bicentric, middle, midway.

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