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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
central/ˈsentrəl/

▶adjective

1 in or near the centre of something.

2 most important; principal.

▶noun N. Amer. informal a place with a high concentration of a specified type of person or thing: you're in workaholic central here.

– derivatives
centrality noun,
centrally adverb.

– origin C17: from Fr., or from L. centralis, from centrum (see centre).

'central' also found in these Oxford entries:

acara - agouti - Altaic - altiplano - Amazon - American - American Indian - Amhara - amphitheatre - analeptic - Anangu - angwantibo - ani - anteater - anti-hero - armadillo - Arrernte - Ashanti - Ashkenazi - astrakhan - astrocyte - atrium - Avar - axis - Aylesbury - Bactrian - balance - bananaquit - banknote - Bank of England - Bantu - basenji - basilisk - becard - Bedford cord - bee-eater - Belizean - bell tent - beluga - bitterling - body - bohunk - boiler - brainstem - Brazilian - brittlestar - brocket - BSE - Burgundian - burgundy

Forum discussions with the word(s) "central" in the title:

"central knowledge and culture bearing institution."
"one of four central pier chambers"
a central notion...is the notion
Abbreviations for "central" and "right"
And so one goes to North-central Chile or the Big Island in Hawaii or the Namibian desert or other places.
as the central incident sounded
Center or central?
central axis?
Central Bank- regulation
central computer
Central costs
Central Park as the Great Divide
central position
central railway station
central right / there's no argument that ....
central stash
Central station
Central to Maven's
Central Western zone
Central, Northern, Western, ...
Central//The most important
centric and central
Due to the fact that(?) the great amount of coal used in central heatings, the winters in Istanbul are smoggy.
gave the idea central billing.
had ... as its central issue
I lacked some central ability to connect
is central to
Knowledge has increasingly been seen as a central factor
lie in the central park
made it their central mission to increase test scores
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