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dead center

[ded sen-ter] / ˈdɛd ˈsɛn tər /
NOUN
bull's-eye
Synonyms
STRONGEST
center omphalos
STRONG
goal mark objective quintain target
WEAK
direct hit hole in one home run
ADJECTIVE
dead-on
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accurate precise
WEAK
absolutely right by the book dead-center definite direct exact on the button on the mark on the money on the nose pinpoint to the point unerring very accurate
Antonyms
STRONGEST
careless false inaccurate questionable

Example Sentences

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The piston faces have small, crescent-shaped reliefs into which the valves extend near the top dead center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"RoboCop" endures and we are still talking about it almost four decades later because of the social and political issues it confronted, right there, dead center in the film.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

Sophomore Jordan Woolery, who struck out with the bases loaded in the second inning, didn’t miss in the fifth, delivering a three-run homer to dead center field.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

Planted dead center on the stage in “This House Is Not a Home,” a slippery, ever-shifting work by Nile Harris, is a house — a bounce house.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2024

His place was dead center, between Marcus’s father and another privileged senator.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks