highway
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪˌweɪ/
:
carretera
- We drove for hours on the highway to reach our vacation destination.
- interstate highway
- major highway
- roads and highways
We drove on like the cliffside highway to Monaco.
- We drove on like the cliffside highway to Monaco.
- A massive infrastructure construction program, not just highways but public transportation.
- Could you imagine them running a column of tanks down a highway in Texas?
- While Mikey and Charlie are just wandering the highway on on foot.
- I've crossed the highways and the Harvard too.
Examples
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A motel on the highway.
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Somewhere out on the state highway.
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When you drive on the highway and nothing goes wrong.
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If you are near a major highway... get away at once!
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When you leave the highway, turn off all your lights.
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Every state probably has a highway commission that is concerned about the major roads running through it.
Academic text (2008) -
We're going to go back on the highway and then go to our destination.
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Set a watch on the main highway.
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So we went on, following the highway, although at times it was buried under dunes.
Fiction book (1990) -
Five generations of Jordans have lived and died in this forest by the highway.
Synonyms
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A wide hard surface for cars and people to travel between places
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A wide road for fast traffic with no intersections or traffic lights
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A major road that connects large cities in different states
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A wide road for fast traffic with few places to enter or exit
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A big road that carries most traffic and connects towns
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A main road where you pay a toll to travel
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A main road that people use to travel between places
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A major road that connects cities in different US states
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A wide road built for fast traffic with two or more lanes each way and few exits
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A road you must pay to drive on, often a highway
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A wide road for fast traffic with few places to enter or leave
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A major road the state government keeps for fast travel between towns
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A very wide road with many lanes for fast traffic
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A road you must pay to use
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A wide road that lets cars and trucks travel fast without stoplights or intersections
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A wide road for cars with trees and grass usually outside cities
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A wide fast road for long journeys, often with tolls
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A road with a middle barrier that separates traffic going in opposite directions
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A main road that connects cities or towns
A main road used by many cars to travel between places
A main road that carries traffic over long distances between towns and cities
Compounds
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A road with a middle barrier that separates traffic going in opposite directions
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An act of stealing from people travelling on a public road, often by force
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Morphology
Etymology
The word highway comes from the two simple parts high and way, where high once meant 'important' or 'main', so a highway was the 'main public road'. That's why today a highway is a major road used for long-distance travel.