"central" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛntɹəl/ Audio: en-us-central.ogg [US] Forms: more central [comparative], most central [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), equivalent to centre + -al. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-trom}}, {{bor|en|la|centrālis}} Latin centrālis, {{m|la|centrum||centre}} centrum (“centre”), {{der|en|grc|κέντρον}} Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), {{suf|en|centre|al}} centre + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} central (comparative more central, superlative most central)
  1. Being in the centre. Translations (being in the centre): qendror (Albanian), مَرْكَزِيّ (markaziyy) (Arabic), وسْطاني (wəsṭæni) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), կենտրոնական (kentronakan) (Armenian), mərkəzi (Azerbaijani), zenträu (Bavarian), цэнтра́льны (centrálʹny) (Belarusian), কেন্দ্রীয় (kendriẏo) (Bengali), центра́лен (centrálen) (Bulgarian), ဗဟို (ba.hui) (Burmese), central (Catalan), ناوەندی (nawendî) (Central Kurdish), 中央 (zhōngyāng) (Chinese Mandarin), ústřední (Czech), centrální (Czech), central (Danish), centraal (Dutch), tsentraalne (Estonian), keskne (Estonian), keski- (Finnish), keskus- (Finnish), central (French), centrâl (Friulian), central (Galician), ცენტრალური (cenṭraluri) (Georgian), zentral (German), mittig (German), κεντρικός (kentrikós) (Greek), מֶרְכָּזִי (merkazí) [masculine] (Hebrew), केंद्रीय (kendrīya) (Hindi), központi (Hungarian), sentral (Indonesian), tsentraljnoi (Ingrian), centrale (Italian), 中央の (chūō no) (alt: ちゅうおうの) (Japanese), 中心の (chūshin no) (alt: ちゅうしんの) (Japanese), орталық (ortalyq) (Kazakh), កណ្ដាល (kɑɑkɑndaal) (Khmer), 중앙 (jung'ang) (alt: 中央) [attributive, noun] (Korean), 중심 (jungsim) (alt: 中心) (Korean), борбордук (borborduk) (Kyrgyz), ກາງ (kāng) (Lao), medius (Latin), centrāls (Latvian), centrinis (Lithuanian), central (Lombard), средишен (središen) (Macedonian), централен (centralen) (Macedonian), pusat (Malay), sentral (Malay), төв (töv) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), төвийн (töviin) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), sentral (Norwegian Bokmål), middel (Old English), منځنی (manźanay) (Pashto), مرکزي (markazí) (Pashto), مرکزی (markazi) (Persian), central (Piedmontese), centralny (Polish), central (Portuguese), central (Romanian), центра́льный (centrálʹnyj) (Russian), срѐдишњӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), централан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), srèdišnjī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), centralan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ústredný (Slovak), centrálny (Slovak), središčen (Slovene), centralen (Slovene), central (Spanish), katikati (Swahili), central (Swedish), марказӣ (markazī) (Tajik), ศูนย์กลาง (sǔun-glaang) (Thai), กลาง (glaang) (Thai), merkezi (Turkish), orta (Turkish), merkezi (Turkmen), центра́льний (centrálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), مرکزی (markazī) (Urdu), مەركىزىي (merkiziy) (Uyghur), markaziy (Uzbek), trung ương (Vietnamese), mîtrin (Walloon), cintrå (Walloon), canolog (Welsh), צענטראַל (tsentral) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-central-en-adj-x60Nj~K2 Disambiguation of 'being in the centre': 84 15 0 1
  2. Having or containing the centre of something. Translations (having or containing the centre of something): zenträu (Bavarian), центра́лен (centrálen) (Bulgarian), central (Catalan), centrální (Czech), centraal (Dutch), keskne (Estonian), keskus- (Finnish), zentral (German), κεντρικός (kentrikós) (Greek), centrale (Italian), 中心の (chūshin no) (Japanese), средишен (središen) (Macedonian), централен (centralen) (Macedonian), منځنی (manźanay) (Pashto), central (Romanian), katikati (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-central-en-adj-eEwo64Xf Disambiguation of 'having or containing the centre of something': 17 82 0 1
  3. Being very important, or key to something. Synonyms: dominant, main, principal Translations (being very important): zenträu (Bavarian), гла́вен (gláven) (Bulgarian), central (Catalan), keskeinen (Finnish), central (French), central (Galician), zentral (German), κεντρικός (kentrikós) (Greek), מרכזי (merkazí) [masculine] (Hebrew), sentral (Indonesian), centrale (Italian), fondamentale (Italian), 中心の (chūshin no) (alt: ちゅうしんの) (Japanese), 重要な (jūyō na) (alt: じゅうような) (Japanese), главен (glaven) (Macedonian), منځنی (manźanay) (Pashto), centralny (Polish), central (Portuguese), central (Romanian), मध्य (madhya) (Sanskrit), central (Spanish), katikati (Swahili), צענטראַל (tsentral) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-central-en-adj-El8Gwder Disambiguation of 'being very important': 0 0 99 1
  4. (anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-central-en-adj-~khtcB~D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 5 7 45 35 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: center
Derived forms: acentral, anterocentral, bicentral, caudocentral, central adiposity, Central African Federation, Central Anatolia, central angle, central bank, Central Bedfordshire, Central Bridge, central business district, central canal, central casting, central chimpanzee, Central City, central city, Central Coast, Central Coaster, central committee, central dogma, central door locking, Central European, central excise, central fire, Central Frontenac, central government, central heating, Central Highlands, Central Huron, Centralia, centralisation, centralise, centralish, centrality, centralize, central limit theorem, central location test, central locking, centrally, Central Manitoulin, Central Min, central moment, centralmost, central nervous system, centralness, Central Okanagan, Central Otago, central pain syndrome, Central Papua, central pawn, Central Plain, central planning, central processing unit, Central Provinces, central reservation, central retinal artery, central simple algebra, central sulcus, central tendency, central vacuum, costocentral, craniocentral, decentral, dorsocentral, epicentral, excentral, frontocentral, hypercentral, intercentral, Mashonaland Central, measure of central tendency, mesiocentral, metacentral, mid-central, midcentral, monocentral, multicentral, neurocentral, noncentral, northcentral, orthocentral, paracentral, parietocentral, pericentral, pluricentral, polycentral, postcentral, posteriocentral, posterocentral, proximocentral, quasicentral, semicentral, southcentral, subcentral, supracentral, temporocentral, tricentral, uncentral, unicentral

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛntɹəl/ Audio: en-us-central.ogg [US] Forms: centrals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), equivalent to centre + -al. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-trom}}, {{bor|en|la|centrālis}} Latin centrālis, {{m|la|centrum||centre}} centrum (“centre”), {{der|en|grc|κέντρον}} Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), {{suf|en|centre|al}} centre + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} central (plural centrals)
  1. (especially US) centre Tags: US, especially
    Sense id: en-central-en-noun--iW67nus Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 15 10 2 22 51

Alternative forms

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          "word": "ဗဟို"
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          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "tsentraalne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "keskne"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "keski-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "keskus-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "centrâl"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "cenṭraluri",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "ცენტრალური"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "zentral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "mittig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kentrikós",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "κεντρικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "merkazí",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מֶרְכָּזִי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kendrīya",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "केंद्रीय"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "központi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "sentral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "tsentraljnoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "centrale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "alt": "ちゅうおうの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chūō no",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "中央の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "alt": "ちゅうしんの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chūshin no",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "中心の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ortalyq",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "орталық"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kɑɑkɑndaal",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "កណ្ដាល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "alt": "中央",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jung'ang",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "tags": [
            "attributive",
            "noun"
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          "word": "중앙"
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        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "alt": "中心",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jungsim",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "중심"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "nawendî",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "ناوەندی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "borborduk",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "борбордук"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "kāng",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "ກາງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "medius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "centrāls"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "centrinis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "središen",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "средишен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "centralen",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "централен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "pusat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "sentral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "töv",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "төв"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "töviin",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "төвийн"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "sentral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "middel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "manźanay",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "منځنی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "markazí",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "مرکزي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "markazi",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "مرکزی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "pms",
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "centralny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "centrálʹnyj",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "центра́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "срѐдишњӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "централан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "srèdišnjī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "centralan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "ústredný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "centrálny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "središčen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "centralen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "katikati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "markazī",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "марказӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǔun-glaang",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "ศูนย์กลาง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "glaang",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "กลาง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "merkezi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "orta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "merkezi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "centrálʹnyj",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "центра́льний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "markazī",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "مرکزی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "merkiziy",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "مەركىزىي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "markaziy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "trung ương"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "mîtrin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "cintrå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "canolog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "84 15 0 1",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tsentral",
          "sense": "being in the centre",
          "word": "צענטראַל"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having or containing the centre of something."
      ],
      "id": "en-central-en-adj-eEwo64Xf",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "bar",
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "zenträu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "centrálen",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "центра́лен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "centrální"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "centraal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "keskne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "keskus-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "zentral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kentrikós",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "κεντρικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "centrale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chūshin no",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "中心の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "središen",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "средишен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "centralen",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "централен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "manźanay",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "منځنی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 82 0 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
          "word": "katikati"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 May 6, Jim Steer, “Full Business Case offers fresh insight into HS2's prospects”, in Rail, page 51, photo caption",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Being very important, or key to something."
      ],
      "id": "en-central-en-adj-El8Gwder",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dominant"
        },
        {
          "word": "main"
        },
        {
          "word": "principal"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "bar",
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "zenträu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gláven",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "гла́вен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "keskeinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "zentral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kentrikós",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "κεντρικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "merkazí",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מרכזי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "sentral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "centrale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "fondamentale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "alt": "ちゅうしんの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chūshin no",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "中心の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "alt": "じゅうような",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jūyō na",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "重要な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "glaven",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "главен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "manźanay",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "منځنی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "centralny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "central"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "being very important",
          "word": "central"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jungsim",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "중심"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "nawendî",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "ناوەندی"
    },
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "borborduk",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "борбордук"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kāng",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "ກາງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "medius"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "centrāls"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "centrinis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "središen",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "средишен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "centralen",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "централен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "pusat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "sentral"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "töv",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "төв"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "töviin",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "төвийн"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "sentral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "middel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "manźanay",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "منځنی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "markazí",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "مرکزي"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "markazi",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "مرکزی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "centralny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "centrálʹnyj",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "центра́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "срѐдишњӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "централан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "srèdišnjī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "centralan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "ústredný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "centrálny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "središčen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "centralen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "katikati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "markazī",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "марказӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǔun-glaang",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "ศูนย์กลาง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "glaang",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "กลาง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "merkezi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "orta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "merkezi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "centrálʹnyj",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "центра́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "markazī",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "مرکزی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "merkiziy",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "مەركىزىي"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "markaziy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "trung ương"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "mîtrin"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "cintrå"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "canolog"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsentral",
      "sense": "being in the centre",
      "word": "צענטראַל"
    },
    {
      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "zenträu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gláven",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "гла́вен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "keskeinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "zentral"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kentrikós",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "κεντρικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "merkazí",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מרכזי"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "sentral"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "centrale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "fondamentale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゅうしんの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūshin no",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "中心の"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅうような",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūyō na",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "重要な"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glaven",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "главен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "manźanay",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "منځنی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "centralny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "madhya",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "मध्य"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "katikati"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsentral",
      "sense": "being very important",
      "word": "צענטראַל"
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      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "zenträu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "centrálen",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "центра́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "centrální"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "centraal"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "keskne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "keskus-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "zentral"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kentrikós",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "κεντρικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "centrale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūshin no",
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "središen",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "централен"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "having or containing the centre of something",
      "word": "katikati"
    }
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}

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