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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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Planning also has begun for the renovation or replacement of other aging city facilities near the pier, including the Junior Seau Beach community center, the amphitheater and the bandshell.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
Today, 18 cabins form a semicircle around the shop, and construction is nearly complete on a two-story 5,000-square-foot community center, with a panoramic view of hills, valleys and the buildings of Cornell and Ithaca College in the distance.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Community center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20center. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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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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