central

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
adjective serving as an essential component
adjective in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

Borrowed from Latin centrālis, from centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron); by surface analysis, centre + -al.

telephone exchange, exchange

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