central

/ˈsɛntr(ə)l/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈsɛntr(ə)l/

central

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

cen - tral -> central

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အလယ်။ ဗဟို။ အချက်အချာကျသော။ အဓိကကျသော။ အချုပ်အခြာ အာဏာရှိသော။ ဗဟို။

Full entry

central /'sentrǝl/ adj

၁။ (က) အလယ်။ ဗဟို။
We live in central London. ❍ Our house is very central (ie is in or close to the centre of the town). ❍ the central plains of N America.
(ခ) အချက်အချာကျသော။
a theatre with a very central location.
၂။ အဓိကကျသော။
the central point of an argument ❍ the central character in a novel ❍ Reducing inflation is central to (ie a major part of) the government's economic policy.
၃။ အချုပ်အခြာ အာဏာရှိသော။ ဗဟို။
central government (ie the government of a whole country, as contrasted with local government) ❍ the central committee (eg of a political party).
❏ central bank n ဗဟိုဘဏ်။
❏ central heating n [U] အဆောက်အအုံတစ်ခုလုံးကို ပင်မ ဘွိုင်လာမှ အပူပေးသည့်စနစ်။
central heating radiators.
❏ centrality /sen'trælǝti/ n [U] ဗဟိုကျခြင်း။ centrally /'sentrǝli/ adv : Is the house centrally heated? (ie Does it have central heating?)
❏ central nervous system n (anatomy ) ဗဟိုနဗ်ကြော အဖွဲ့။
❏ central processing unit n , abbr CPU ပရိုဂရမ်တစ်ခု၏ ညွှန်ကြားချက်များကို ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးသော ကွန်ပျူတာအစိတ် အပိုင်း။
❏ central reservation (Brit ) (US median ) n လမ်းလယ် ကျွန်း။

More examples

They live in central London.
Some regions of central and eastern Asia
The hotel’s rooms are built around a central courtyard.
My flat is very central.
[a central location] : All hotels have been specially selected for their central location.
He played a central role in the development of US economic policy.
[a central feature] : Political life has changed since broadcasting became a central feature of our lives.
[central to] : Her work remains central to an understanding of this period of history.
[central in] : Issues that are central in the lives of women prisoners
[of central importance] : Listening skills are of central importance to a child’s development.
The system is subject to massive and increasing central control.
The Communist Party’s central committee
Workers at Conservative Central Office

Synonyms

middle, mid, inner, innermost, axial, basic, cardinal, center, centermost, centric, centroidal, chief, crucial, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, halfway, important, inmost, interior, intermediate, key, leading, main, master, mean, median, middlemost, midmost, midway, most important, nuclear, omphalic, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, principal, radical, ruling, salient, significant, umbilical, vital

Antonyms

additional, auxiliary, exterior, extra, extreme, inessential, inferior, insignificant, minor, nonessential, outer, outside, peripheral, secondary, subordinate, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial