superhighway
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈsuːpərˌhaɪweɪ/
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autopista
- Instead of being on a rural country road, we are on a superhighway where crossing the digital road is more complicated and dangerous.
And an analogy that some Taoists use is that imagine life as like a dense, thorny forest, and in the middle of this forest is a well paved superhighway.
- And an analogy that some Taoists use is that imagine life as like a dense, thorny forest, and in the middle of this forest is a well paved superhighway.
Examples
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Meanwhile, in the US, there is the plan for the new N-S Superhighway.
Blog text (29) -
We're gonna follow this superhighway through the city to where it goes underground all the way into the dome.
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Their superhighway will end right here.
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Good luck to them with their superhighway.
Blog text (13) -
Today, all I could see was the superhighway they cut through above the cotton mill.
Fiction book (1991) -
The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster.
Academic text (2003) -
When I asked that question in Athens, I was told that an easy two-hour drive on a modern superhighway would get me there, to the mountainous core of the Peloponnese.
Academic text (1998) -
Highway 1, connecting Basra to Baghdad, was a six-lane superhighway that supported tactical and logistics traffic and served as the coalition's main supply route.
Academic text (2005) -
BPR's interregional proposal would alleviate this confusion by constructing superhighways directly into the city center.
Academic text (1993) -
The new superhighway has multiple lanes to accommodate heavy traffic during rush hour.
Synonyms
629
1.0
A main road that connects big towns or cities for long trips
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2.2
A wide road for fast traffic with no intersections or traffic lights
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2.8
A wide road for fast traffic with few places to enter or exit
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9.9
A wide highway for fast traffic that often has tolls
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1.8
A wide road built for fast traffic with two or more lanes each way and few exits
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4.1
A wide road for fast traffic with few places to enter or leave
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4.1
A wide road that lets cars and trucks travel fast without stoplights or intersections
A main road used by many cars to travel between places
Compounds
- Archaic
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4.2
A large electronic network like the internet that moves information quickly
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Superhighway joins super ('very' or 'above') and highway ('main road'), so it simply means a very large, fast road built for quick travel.