Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nerve centre

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: nerve -cen-tre
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Standard spelling of nerve center.

Canadian usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"The Duke intended to make Brora the nerve centre of the railway, and built a large engineering works near the station in which he planned to manufacture everything from nuts and bolts to locomotives."
"Its value is likely to be fully realised when it is transferred to Dijon; there, no doubt, the control of the Mouchard-Frasne section will be possible without any addition to the staff already commanding movements at this nerve centre of the S.N.C.F. South-East Region."
"And this fireproof, thiefproof office is one of the nerve centres. From this console I can access ... nearly everything."

Usage

Canadian usage
British usage

Inflected Forms

nerve centres (plural)

Synonyms

center centre nerve center

Questions

What does nerve centre mean?: Standard spelling of nerve center.

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