Meaning

6 senses
  1. Being in the centre.

    zentral, mittig

    центра́льныйcentrálʹnyj

    центра́льнийcentrálʹnyj

  2. Having or containing the centre of something.

    zentral

  3. Being very important, or key to something.

    zentral

  4. Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.

  5. Belong or relating to the center of an algebraic structure.

    Of an element of an algebraic structure: which commutes with all other elements under multiplication

  6. Of a unital algebra over a field: whose center is exactly equal to the image of the base field

More definitions
  • in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area
  • serving as an essential component

Examples

265 sentences
  1. Central Park is near where I work.

    Центральний парк недалеко від моєї роботи.

    ruЦентральный парк рядом с местом, где я работаю.

    deDer Central Park ist in der Nähe meines Arbeitsplatzes.

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  2. Is there central heating in this building?

    ruВ этом здании есть центральное отопление?

    deHat dieses Gebäude eine Zentralheizung?

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  3. Tom wanted to visit Central America.

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  4. Excuse me, but could you tell me how to get to Central Park?

    deEntschuldigung, könnten Sie mir vielleicht sagen, wie ich am besten zum Centralpark kommen kann?

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  5. He lived in central London.

    Він жив у центрі Лондона.

    deEr wohnte im Zentrum von London.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntro

Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron); by surface analysis, centre + -al.

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