MEANING
A place where routes, services, or activities meet and are concentrated.
Use it for
Connection; exchange; concentrated activityExplain why people and information keep passing through one place.
Words that belong together
- transport hub
- cultural hub
- regional hub
On the page
The station became a transport hub after the new bus routes opened.
Her tiny bookshop was the neighborhood's unofficial cultural hub.
Without reliable roads, the proposed regional hub remained isolated.
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Word forms
- Base
- hub
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Implies connected centrality rather than mere busyness. The original wheel sense is not the selected setting sense. Plural: hubs. No other inflection applies to this noun.
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