English > heart: 10 senses > noun 4, locationMeaning | An area that is approximately central within some larger / larger region. |
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Example | "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle" |
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Synonyms | center, centre, middle, eye |
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Instances | City of London, the City | The part of London situated within the ancient boundaries |
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Narrower | center stage, centre stage | The central area on a theater stage |
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city center, city centre, central city | The central part of a city |
financial center | The part of a city where financial institutions are centered |
hub | A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation |
inner city | The older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city |
medical center | The part of a city where medical facilities are centered |
midfield | (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse) |
midstream | The middle of a stream |
seat | A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) |
storm center, storm centre | The central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm |
Broader | area, country | A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) |
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Spanish | centro, corazón, medio, ojo |
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Catalan | centre, cor, mig, ull |
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English > heart: 10 senses > noun 5, cognitionMeaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. |
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Example | "the heart and soul of the Republican Party" |
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Synonyms | kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty |
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Narrower | bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements |
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hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality |
quiddity, haecceity | The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other |
quintessence | The purest and most concentrated essence of something |
stuff | A critically important or characteristic component |
Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
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Spanish | centro, corazón, enjundia, esencia, médula, meollo, núcleo, quid, sustancia |
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Catalan | bessó, centre, cor, essència, nucli, quid, substància |
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