The meaning of Central

adjective

Forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental.

Usage examples:

Certain basic rules must be obeyed

noun

The essential facts or principles of a subject or skill.

Usage examples:

I learnt the basics of programming on a course

noun

A simple high-level computer programming language that uses familiar english words, designed for beginners and formerly used widely.

Usage examples:

You could write your own software in the basic programming language

noun

The point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere.

Usage examples:

She was so angered by this thought that she had changed forms and was halfway to the center of the …

verb

Occur mainly in or around (a specified place).

Usage examples:

The textile industry was centred in lancashire and yorkshire

proper noun

A region of central france, including the cities of orleans, tours, and chartres.

noun

A leader or ruler of a people or clan.

Usage examples:

The chief of the village

adjective

Most important.

Usage examples:

The chief reason for the spending cuts

adjective

Most important

Usage examples:

Their chief objection to the appointment was that she had no judicial experience., the chief econom…

noun

The tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds.

Usage examples:

A pineapple core

verb

Remove the tough central part and seeds from (a fruit).

Usage examples:

Peel and core the pears

combining form

Denoting types of rock or dance music, typically those with an aggressive or extreme style.

Usage examples:

Emocore

adjective

Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.

Usage examples:

I was very critical of the previous regime

adjective

Of the greatest importance

Usage examples:

Critical industries, what happens in the next 48 hours is critical., he was admitted to metropolita…

adjective

Extremely important to the progress or success of something

Usage examples:

Critical to/for sth logistics and distribution are critical to an e-commerce venture's success., cr…

adjective

Decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something.

Usage examples:

Negotiations were at a crucial stage

adjective

(of a decision or event) extremely important because many other things depend on it

Usage examples:

The behavior of the oceans is a crucial aspect of global warming., the band wants to win over fans …

adjective

Having power and influence over others.

Usage examples:

They are now in an even more dominant position in the market

noun

A dominant trait or gene.

Usage examples:

This disorder is inherited as a dominant

adjective

More important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the same type

Usage examples:

A dominant personality, for years the democrats were the dominant party in congress., military domi…

adjective

Absolutely necessary; extremely important.

Usage examples:

It is essential to keep up-to-date records

noun

A thing that is absolutely necessary.

Usage examples:

We only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment

adjective

Extremely important or necessary

Usage examples:

A knowledge of spanish is essential for this job., there is an essential difference between the two…

Preceding all others in time or space or degree

ordinal number

Coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st.

Usage examples:

His first wife

ordinal number

Foremost in position, rank, or importance.

Usage examples:

The doctor's first duty is to respect this right

adjective

Most prominent in rank, importance, or position.

Usage examples:

One of the foremost art collectors of his day

adverb

Before anything else in rank, importance, or position; in the first place.

Usage examples:

It was, foremost, the first unequivocal demonstration of the process

adjective

Best known or most important

Usage examples:

He was one of the foremost actors of his day.

adjective

Forming a necessary base or core; of central importance.

Usage examples:

The protection of fundamental human rights

noun

A central or primary rule or principle on which something is based.

Usage examples:

Two courses cover the fundamentals of microbiology

adjective

Being the most basic or most important thing on which other things depend

Usage examples:

Fundamental beliefs/principles, we need to make fundamental changes in the way we treat our environ…

adverb

At or to a point midway between two others.

Usage examples:

He stopped halfway down the passage

adjective

Midway between two points.

Usage examples:

We've reached the halfway point of the season

adjective

(being) at a place that is the same distance from two other places, or in the middle of something

Usage examples:

We’re almost halfway there., at the halfway point of the race, he began to pull away., we’re about …

adjective

Situated inside or further in; internal.

Usage examples:

An inner courtyard

noun

The inner part of something.

Usage examples:

Using his rock shoes as inners for his double boots

adjective

Inside or contained within something else

Usage examples:

These islands lie between the bay’s outer and inner sections., she met life’s challenges with coura…

adjective

(of thoughts or feelings) most private and deeply felt.

Usage examples:

Innermost beliefs and convictions

adjective

(of thoughts) most strongly felt and most private, or (of objects) nearest to the center

Usage examples:

They told her their innermost secrets.

adjective

Situated on or relating to the inside of something; inner.

Usage examples:

The interior lighting is not adequate

noun

The inner part of something; the inside.

Usage examples:

The interior has been much restored

adjective

Inner; on or from the inside

Usage examples:

The interior surface of the seashell was smooth., [ u ] a car’s interior

adjective

Coming between two things in time, place, or character; intermediate.

Usage examples:

To her credit, she steers clear of the current vogue for intermedial approaches to cinema and paint…

adjective

Coming between two things in time, place, character, etc.

Usage examples:

An intermediate stage of development

noun

An intermediate thing.

Usage examples:

Since in evolutionary theory, fully fledged cells had to exist before viruses, the latter are not s…

verb

Act as intermediary; mediate.

Usage examples:

Groups which intermediated between the individual and the state

noun

A small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it.

Usage examples:

There were two keys to the cupboard

adjective

Of crucial importance.

Usage examples:

She became a key figure in the suffragette movement

verb

Enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad.

Usage examples:

Not everyone can key data quickly and accurately

adjective

Most important.

Usage examples:

A number of leading politicians

noun

Guidance or leadership, especially in a spiritual context.

Usage examples:

Things can be learned in many ways (spiritual leading is one way you pointed).

noun

The amount of blank space between lines of print.

Usage examples:

Most scrapbookers don't know what kerning or leading are and how to adjust them accordingly.

adjective

Chief in size or importance.

Usage examples:

A main road

noun

A principal pipe carrying water or gas to buildings, or taking sewage from them.

Usage examples:

A faulty gas main

noun

(in the game of hazard) a number (5, 6, 7, 8, or 9) called by a player before dice are thrown.

verb

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Usage examples:

I don't know what you mean

adjective

Unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous.

Usage examples:

She felt mean not giving a tip

noun

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

Usage examples:

Acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

adjective

Situated in the middle.

Usage examples:

Not until after midnight, in an eerie twilight, do we sideslip around a medial moraine and discover…

adjective

Towards the centre of the body rather than the sides

adjective

Denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the midpoint of a frequency distribution of observed values or quantities, such that there is an equal probability of falling above or below it.

Usage examples:

The median duration of this treatment was four months

noun

The median value of a range of values.

Usage examples:

Acreages ranged from one to fifty-two with a median of twenty-four

adjective

Relating to media, an ancient region of asia to the south-west of the caspian sea.

Usage examples:

The median empire

adjective

Relating to or directed towards the middle line of a body.

Usage examples:

The commonest pathology in chronic temporal lobe epilepsy is mesial temporal sclerosis with scarrin…

adjective

Of or in the middle part or position of a range.

Usage examples:

The mid 17th century

preposition

In the middle of.

combining form

Denoting the middle of.

Usage examples:

Midsection

noun

The point or position at an equal distance from the sides, edges, or ends of something.

Usage examples:

She stood alone in the middle of the street

adjective

At an equal distance from the extremities of something; central.

Usage examples:

The early and middle part of life

verb

Short for middle term.

adjective

Moderate or average in size, amount, or rank.

Usage examples:

People on middling incomes

noun

Bulk goods of medium grade, especially flour of medium fineness.

Usage examples:

The df fed in this study contained 75% wheat middlings and 25% ground food waste collected from ret…

adverb

Fairly or moderately.

Usage examples:

Middling rich

adverb

In or towards the middle of something.

Usage examples:

Peter came to a halt midway down the street

adjective

Situated in or towards the middle of something.

Usage examples:

He sensationally led the tournament at the midway point

noun

An area of sideshows or other amusements at a fair or exhibition.

Usage examples:

The kids head straight for the midway

adjective

Relating to the nucleus of an atom.

Usage examples:

Nuclear chemistry

adjective

Of or relating to a process by which the nucleus (= central part) of an atom is divided or joined to another nucleus, resulting in the release of energy

Usage examples:

Nuclear war, nuclear disarmament (= giving up or removing a country’s nuclear weapons)

adjective

Relating to the power produced when the central part of an atom is divided or joined to another one

Usage examples:

Nuclear energy/power/fuel the country had agreed to disable its main nuclear fuel production plant …

adjective

Of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else.

Usage examples:

Japan's pivotal role in the world economy

adjective

Important because other things depend on it

Usage examples:

She played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement.

adjective

If something is pivotal, it is very important because other things depend on it

Usage examples:

A pivotal moment/point the speech marked a pivotal moment in the world bank's history., because imm…

adjective

Present as the strongest or main element.

Usage examples:

The predominant colour was white

adjective

Of chief importance; principal.

Usage examples:

The government's primary aim is to see significant reductions in unemployment

noun

(in the us) a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election.

Usage examples:

These two republicans should win their primaries easily

verb

Former term for palaeozoic.

adjective

First in order of importance; main.

Usage examples:

The country's principal cities

noun

The most important or senior person in an organization or group.

Usage examples:

A design consultancy whose principal is based in san francisco

adjective

First in order of importance

Usage examples:

Iraq’s principal export is oil.

adjective

Most noticeable or important.

Usage examples:

It succinctly covered all the salient points of the case

noun

A piece of land or section of fortification that juts out to form an angle.

Usage examples:

Had the wall run due north from this point on the upper terrace, the area enclosed would have been …

adjective

Most noticeable or important

Usage examples:

The salient fact about the case is that it involves an american.

noun

A piece of thin wire with two short right-angled end pieces which are driven by a stapler through sheets of paper to fasten them together.

Usage examples:

If you use paper on your compost, be aware of any plastic or staples in the paper - worms can't eat…

verb

Attach or secure with a staple or staples.

Usage examples:

Merrill stapled a batch of papers together

adjective

Main or important, especially in terms of consumption.

Usage examples:

The staple foods of the poor

adjective

Absolutely necessary; essential.

Usage examples:

Secrecy is of vital importance

noun

The body's important internal organs.

Usage examples:

He felt the familiar knot contract in his vitals

adjective

Necessary or extremely important for the success or continued existence of something

Usage examples:

The existence of a strong opposition is vital to a healthy democracy., the kidneys play a vital rol…