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5-letter words (2 found)

NEXUS,UNSEX,

3-letter words (8 found)

ENS,NUS,SEN,SEX,SUE,SUN,UNS,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,ES,EX,NE,NU,UN,US,XU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 19 words from nexus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of nexus

nexus

Etymology

From Latin nexus (“connection, nexus; act of binding, tying or fastening together; something which binds, binding, bond, fastening, joint; legal obligation”), from nectō (“to attach, bind, connect, fasten, tie; to interweave; to relate; to unite; to bind by obligation, make liable, oblige; to compose, contrive, devise, produce”) + -tus (suffix forming verbal nouns).

Pronunciation

  • Singular:
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɛksəs/
    • Rhymes: -ɛksəs
  • Plural (nexus, nexūs, nexûs):
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɛksuːs/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɛksus/
  • Hyphenation: nex‧us

Noun

nexus (countable and uncountable, plural nexuses or nexusses or (rare) nexus)

  1. A form or state of connection.
    Synonyms: bond, junction, link, tie; see also Thesaurus:junction, Thesaurus:link
    1. (Canada, US, finance, law) The relationship between a vendor and a jurisdiction for the purpose of taxation, established for example by the vendor operating a physical store in that jurisdiction.
  2. A connected group; a network, a web.
  3. A centre or focus of something.
    Synonyms: hub, junction
  4. (grammar) In the work of the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen (1860–1943): a group of words expressing two concepts in one unit (such as a clause or sentence).
  5. (Ancient Rome, law, historical) A person who had contracted a nexum or obligation of such a kind that, if they failed to pay, their creditor could compel them to work as a servant until the debt was paid; an indentured servant.

Usage notes

The Latin plural form (written nexūs or nexûs) is sometimes used in academic discussions of process philosophy.

Derived terms

  • nexal

Translations

References

Further reading

  • nexus grammar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • nexus (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • UN*Xes, unsex

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of nectō (“bind”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.sus/, [ˈnɛks̠ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.sus/, [ˈnɛksus]

Participle

nexus (feminine nexa, neuter nexum); first/second-declension participle

  1. bound, tied, fastened, connected, interwoven, having been bound.
  2. bound by obligation, obliged, made liable, pledged, having been obliged.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

nexus m (genitive nexūs); fourth declension

  1. the act of binding, tying or fastening together
  2. something which binds; bond, joint, binding, fastening; connection; nexus
  3. a personal obligation of a debtor
  4. a legal obligation

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (joint): iunctūra
  • (fastening): nexiō
  • (connection): nexilitās

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • “nexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • nexus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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