CENTER OF ATTENTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does center of attention mean?
• CENTER OF ATTENTION (noun)
The noun CENTER OF ATTENTION has 1 sense:
1. the object upon which interest and attention focuses
Familiarity information: CENTER OF ATTENTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CENTER OF ATTENTION (noun)
Meaning:
The object upon which interest and attention focuses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
center of attention; center
Context example:
his stories made him the center of the party
Hypernyms ("center of attention" is a kind of...):
object (the focus of cognitions or feelings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "center of attention"):
conversation piece (something interesting that stimulates conversation)
crosshairs (a center of interest)
cynosure (something that strongly attracts attention and admiration)
eye-catcher (a striking person or thing that attracts attention)
