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suburb vs centre

suburb

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noun

  1. a residential district located on the outskirts of a city

Examples

Whether you live in the suburbs or in the vital enclaves of a Little India, you are a part of America and American life.

The most storied place to find Gaucho boots is Casa Fagliano, a hole-in-the-wall bootmaker in Hurlingham, which is a British suburb of Buenos Aires.

Still Life with Action Figure," a particularly realist exercise, actually occurs in suburbia, where an artist son visits his artist father, who has resumed painting despite suffering from parkinsonism.

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centre

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noun

  1. the object upon which interest and attention focuses
  2. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
  3. an area that is approximately central within some larger region
  4. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  5. a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
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verb

  1. direct one's attention on something
  2. move into the center

Examples

Last night, a steady stream of people arrived at the evacuation centre in Brisbane's showground, only a few minutes' drive from the swollen river.

In the centre of the pond was an island; and on the island was a little summerhouse like a miniature pagoda.

For verrucae and warts place a drop of neat Tea Tree Essential Oil in the centre and cover with a plaster once a day, this procedure can take a couple of weeks before you will see the results.

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