community center

noun

: a building or group of buildings for a community's educational and recreational activities

Examples of community center in a Sentence

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There is also some free parking behind the community center on Roberts Road, but carpooling or dropoff were strongly recommended. Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025 More than 600 pop-up community centers, known as Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), are now in operation, a grassroots effort that has become the central relief apparatus. Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025 Food pantries can be in so many other areas, like more churches, community centers and senior centers. Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025 Awake before anyone else on weekend mornings, Jarvis would walk to the community center behind their home and whisk around the ice. Elise Devlin, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for community center 

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of community center was in 1899

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“Community center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20center. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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community center

noun
: a building or group of buildings for a community's educational and recreational activities
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