central

«central» in Mova's school dictionary: in the middle or centre of something: central London, the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (central, more central, most central)

meaning for a pupil

1) Central means in the middle or centre of something: central London, the central square. tree →

2) Central means most important, main: the central idea of a story. tree →

3) Central means controlled from one main place: central heating, a central computer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In reading lessons, «the central idea» or «central character» is the most important one. In maths, a central point is in the middle. In geography, Central America, Central Asia, central Australia. In everyday life, central heating warms the whole house from a boiler. Phrases: «central idea», «central heating», «Central America», «central character», «city centre» (UK) / «downtown» (US).

examples

• Our hotel was in central Paris. tree →
• The central idea of the story is friendship. tree →
• We put the plant on the central table. tree →
• The house has central heating. tree →
• Mexico is north of Central America. tree →
• The library is central to our school. tree →
• The heart has a central role in the body. tree →
• Central Australia is very hot and dry. tree →
• This led into a central chamber 15 feet square and open to the sky. tree →

note

From «centre» (UK) / «center» (US); «central» is the same everywhere. Adverb: centrally. Do not confuse with «centennial» (100 years).

In the corpora

• Mandrills, the monkeys with red and blue faces, live in the rainforests of central Africa, not on the open savanna.
• Mandrills live in the rainforests of Central Africa and have short stumpy tails; they are the biggest monkeys in the world.
• "Quantitative easing" means the central bank (the country's own bank, in charge of its money) creating new money.
• After 1500 the Mediterranean slowly became less central to world trade as Atlantic and ocean routes grew.
• Central Park in New York was planned from 1858 to give crowded city people green space; it did not just happen.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «central» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.