hub

/hʌb/ noun [C]

Definition

› the central or main part of something, where there is most activity: Property rentals in Mumbai, India's commercial hub, are the highest in the world. New Orleans has traditionally been the financial hub of southeast Louisiana.

› IT a machine that connects several computers together: an ethernet hub

› TRANSPORT hub airport

at/in the hub of things › in the place where things happen and decisions are taken: It's that kind of attitude that will keep him in the hub of things for quite some time.

→ See also transportation hub, transport hub

(Definition of hub noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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