/ˈnɛksəs/, /ˈnɛksuːs/, /ˈnɛksus/
OriginFrom 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).
- countable, uncountableA form or state of connection.
- Canada, US, countable, uncountableThe 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.
- countable, uncountableA connected group; a network, a web.
“Sunday's election pits Move Forward and the billionaire Shinawatra family's Pheu Thai against ruling parties backed by a nexus of old money, conservatives and generals with influence over key institut”
- countable, uncountableA centre or focus of something.
“More than just a corporate juggernaut, Nvidia also has become an instrument of statecraft, operating at the nexus of advanced technology, diplomacy, and geopolitics.”
- countable, uncountableIn 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).
- Ancient-Rome, countable, historical, uncountableA 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.
Formsnexuses(plural) · nexusses(plural) · nexus(plural, rare)