main hub

collocation in English

meaningsofmainandhub

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main
adjective[before noun]
uk
/meɪn/us
/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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hub
noun[C]
uk
/hʌb/us
/hʌb/
the central or main part of something where there is ...
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(Definition ofmainandhubfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmain hub

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Distance may separate them from themainhubof activity, and support services may arrive late in the day if at all.
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Earlier, this place was themainhub.
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Needamangalam is amainhubfor the nearby villages.
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The town is amainhubfor the nearby villages.
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But they must have somewhere else to go which still enables them and their passengers to interline with themainhubairports.
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It is themainhubof the global car-free movement.
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The game is split up into threemainhubworlds containing portals to various realms.
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Themainhubof this commenting was in a live blog.
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The city became themainhubof the national railway system.
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It is also themainhubfor long-range and intercity routes.
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The square is also amainhubfor marshrutkas, taxis, buses, trolleybuses and trams.
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It is the only pub andmainhubfor nightlife in the suburb.
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This area acts as themainhubof the school through which all students pass on their way to classes.
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Being a part of the pedestrian zone, it is inaccessible by car, but it is themainhubfor trams.
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It was amainhubfor customs traffic, and the city gates acted as a symbol of the city's commercial authority.
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The site now comprises enclosures, voluntary headquarters, safari tours, guest farm and a huge surrounding conservation land around themainhub.
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Hurdman is one of the busier stations, perhaps the busiest, as it is themainhubof the transitway network east of downtown.
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The second floor is themainhubof the school because it is connected to the other two buildings by the pedestrian bridges.
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The levels are organized using amainhub, a separate level in itself that has to be navigated in the same way as the regular levels.
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