Definitions for nexus

nexus nex·us

Spelling: [nek-suh s]
IPA: /ˈnɛk səs/

Nexus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in nexus (ensux).

Definitions for nexus

noun

  1. a means of connection; tie; link.
  2. a connected series or group.
  3. the core or center, as of a matter or situation.
  4. Cell Biology. a specialized area of the cell membrane involved in intercellular communication and adhesion.

Origin of nexus

1655-65; Latin nexus a binding, joining, fastening, equivalent to nect(ere) to bind, fasten, tie + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s

Examples for nexus

The only nexus there could be between the executive and the mass of voters was personal.

The nexus between them and events was not cause and effect, but magic.

Except in the idea of God there is no nexus between the two.

And in case you missed it, David Frum wrote about the nexus between robots and immigration right here.

“We think there should be a nexus between the actual work people are doing and the relevancy of drug abuse,” he says.

The grapes are grown on steep hillsides in a tiny, remote region situated at the nexus of much more famous regions.

"No nexus exists but the economic one between the two groups," she wrote.

But if the nexus of social and traditional media can inspire as we saw last year in Tahrir Square, it can also inflame.

Google has Android, the Google Play online store, Google Drive cloud storage, and nexus smartphones.

The transaction, as to his part of it, is incomplete, and he is still considered to be nexus.

Word Value for nexus
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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