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between
Preposition
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If mathx/math is between mathy/math and mathz/math, mathy/math is on one side of mathx/math and mathz/math is on the other side.
Georgia is between North Carolina and Florida.
center
Noun
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The center of something, is the place that is as far from its outside as possible.
The president and his problems continue to take center stage in the news.
She placed a flowers at the center of the table and then hurried off.
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A center is a building, area, or group of people with a particular purpose.
They have opened a large shopping center in Taipei.
The team was staying at the US Olympic training center.
Recently, Bahrain has become a major international banking center.
Scientists at the Center for Disease Control have found a new virus.
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The town center is the place in the town where most of the shops are.
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In politics, the center is the position that is not politically right or left.
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In sports, a center is a player who plays in the middle of the field, usually an attacker.
center
Verb
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If you center something, you move it towards the center.
capacity
Noun
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The capacity of a container, room, etc. is how much it can hold.
The capacity of the bottle is 500 mathml/math.
The capacity of the hard drive is 120 GB.
I'm sorry, this pool only has a capacity of 100 people and I can't let any more in.
If you fill it to capacity, you won't be able to carry it.
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The capacity of someone or something to do something is the ability to do it.
I was impressed by his energy and capacity for hard work.
Since the head injury he has lost his capacity to learn new names.
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The capacity of a factory or business is how much it can produce.
It will soon be necessary to increase capacity at our Toronto plant to meet Canadian demand for the product.
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If someone does something in a particular capacity, they are doing it in that role.
I am not writing to you in my capacity as your doctor, but as a friend.
Sometimes I make decisions in my capacity as father that I don't like in my capacity as husband.
He's been hired in a temporary capacity.