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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The Fire will provide an additional $8 million, with half going toward the rehabilitation of Brooks Homes and the other half earmarked for a community center for local CHA residents and a parking lot for William Jones Apartments, the Chicago Fire and CHA told the Tribune in March. Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025 Of the eight sites along the state’s 200-mile-long Frank Lloyd Wright Trail, two of them are in Madison: the Monona Terrace, a community center completed in 1997, and First Unitarian Society Meeting House, an icon since its 1951 completion. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2025 For now, most surviving old train stations serve new non-transit purposes as a movie-making site in Gunnison, base for city inspectors in Walsenburg, meat processing company offices in Rocky Ford, and community centers in Steamboat Springs and Boulder. Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025 It's now used as an educational community center, as the congregation built a new church in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement. Jalynn Hilton, ABC News, 24 Mar. 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 30 Apr. 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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