hub
75
3.7
- noun
- /hʌb/
:
centro
- The wealth, however, came from the city being an important hub for trade routes linking China and Rome.
- a hub of activity
- a transportation hub
- a tech hub
So people expect what's called large payment hub hubs to facilitate that.
- So people expect what's called large payment hub hubs to facilitate that.
- Orlando is a hub to many food cuisines.
- To their distribution networks in northwestern urban hubs such as Seattle and Spokane.
- Like I feel like my house was just like a hub for so many people always.
- So I know that the initial CCI bio hub gratefully included Stanford.
- So it's a strategic hub of intelligence, right?
- So like you can be a hub in the digital space now.
- So the web three version is that central hub and spoke.
- So she drugs me and takes me to the hub where they can cure me.
- I mean, Americans, we tend because we know we're the hub of entertainment for the world.
- And then all these hubs that's oh, that's so handy.
Examples
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Our school library is the center, the hub, of learning in our school community.
Academic text (2013) -
The project aims to showcase the inner city as the hub and cultural center of Africa's world-class city.
Academic text (2008) -
We want, we want to be a hub of green finance.
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But women are always, almost always, the central hub figures in families.
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Like I feel like my house was just like a hub for so many people always.
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This is your hub to run your online business.
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Now, my husband is telling me that your plans for Maui will make it a new international business hub.
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The learning commons has become a hub for community events, such as monthly PTA meetings and guest speakers.
Academic text (2013) -
The Social Psychology Network (SPN) is a popular resource hub for health psychology information.
Academic text (2012) -
Our school library is the hub of learning in our school community.
Synonyms
75
4.2
A city that is the main place for an activity
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.2
A transport system where local routes meet at a central place, like an airport, for long trips
- Specialized
1
5.8
A way of moving people where local flights connect at one main airport for long flights
- Texting
A central website or app where popular online content spreads quickly
How Central
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hub grew from that wheel picture: it is like the center where many 'spokes' or activities meet, so a café, city, or office called a hub is the central point of activity or importance.