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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.
piece
Noun
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A piece is a part of something that can be or has been separated from it.
The man cut a piece of meat and a piece of cake for dinner.
I own a piece of land in the country.
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A piece is one example of a class or set of things.
He put a piece of wood on the fire.
Can I have a piece of paper to write on?
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A piece is something that is made by an artist.
The piece of music was beautiful.
I thought his earlier pieces were more creative than his more recent stuff.
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In board games, a piece is an object that can be moved to mark your position.
There are six types of chess pieces in the game of chess: the pawn, the knight, the bishop, the rook, the queen, and the king.
piece
Verb
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If you piece something together, you use bring together enough information to understand something.
They gathered enough information to piece together the family history.
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If you piece something together, you put the pieces together.
The scientists moved their shop to an empty parking lot to piece together all the bones.