Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nerve center

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
nerve -cen-ter
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals.

American usage

noun

A physical location in a business, organization, or agency where information procured from different sources is brought together to be considered and acted upon by decision-makers.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

nerve centers (plural) nerve centre (alternative)

Synonyms

center centre nerve centre

Questions

What does nerve center mean?
A point at which nerves come together for the processing of signals.

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