CENTRE OF ATTENTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centre of attention mean? 

• CENTRE OF ATTENTION (noun)
  The noun CENTRE OF ATTENTION has 1 sense:

1. the object upon which interest and attention focuses

  Familiarity information: CENTRE OF ATTENTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTRE OF ATTENTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The object upon which interest and attention focuses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

center; center of attention; centre; centre of attention

Context example:

his stories made him the center of the party

Hypernyms ("centre of attention" is a kind of...):

object (the focus of cognitions or feelings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "centre 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)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)