straightaway
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈstreɪtəˌweɪ/
- US
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recta
- The runner accelerated as he hit the straightaway, aiming for a personal best.
And his best friend, Johnny Johnson, OK, was coming around the back stretch, might have been the quarter mile coming on the final straightaway.
- And his best friend, Johnny Johnson, OK, was coming around the back stretch, might have been the quarter mile coming on the final straightaway.
Examples
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Finch really appears to be struggling as he rounds turn two and heads for the straightaway.
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The race car gained speed on the long straightaway before approaching the next turn.
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When you're on a straightaway, you stay up high.
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And this is a track that is all curves and no straightaways there.
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We see that Ramirez is going 60 miles an hour down the straightaway.
Fiction book (1997) -
The road dropped and curved into a pass between two peaks that turned into a straightaway with half-mile visibility.
Fiction book (2001) -
During our bike ride, we enjoyed the smooth path along the straightaway beside the lake.
Synonyms
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3.3
A part of a road or track without curves
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8.6
A straight part of a race track on the far side opposite the finish line
How Straight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Straightaway for the long, straight part of a track comes from the two simple words straight ('not curved') and away ('going off'). So it names the section that runs straight and lets runners or cars build speed.