senior center

[ seen-yer sen-ter ]

noun

1. a community center for older adults, especially senior citizens, in which they can gather for social, educational, and other activities:

   We believe the senior center is what helped give our mother some of her life back.

Word History and Origins

Origin of senior center¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Later, the group’s mobile testing and education units visited residences, churches, libraries and senior centers, as well as polling sites on Election Day.

From Ozy

When this happens, the virus could find its way into senior centers and nursing homes.

From Time

In addition, Safeway, Giant and Rite Aid will be conducting clinics at senior centers.

From Washington Post

The program uses trained personnel who visit patients in senior centers and apartment buildings to gather vital signs such as oxygen-saturation levels, pulse, and blood pressure, which are later reviewed by a nurse.

From MIT Technology Review

Noah Berger, a freelance photographer who covers wildfire for The Associated Press, took this image of a burning senior center sign that went viral.

From ProPublica

Or build that new jail or senior center in the next town over.

From The Daily Beast

And last Thursday she delivered the keynote address at a fundraising dinner for a senior center in Brooklyn.

From The Daily Beast