bus stop
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- noun
- /bʌs stɑp/
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parada de autobús
- I was waiting for the bus at the bus stop when it started to rain.
- wait at a bus stop
- walk to a bus stop
- bus stop locations
I remember I stole a bus stop sign.
- I remember I stole a bus stop sign.
- And you, you, you may have it at the bus stop on the metro.
- Like no bit maybe down the street at the bus stop.
- I have just spent the last few hours sleeping in a bus stop.
- And knives, axes, swords, you know, I couldn't go to the bus stop.
- I made fun of him because his grandma walked him out to to the bus stop.
- But I think most of us can cope with the incidental toxic people that we run into grocery stores and bus stops, airplanes, restaurants, that kind of thing.
- Like the, like, how can we make the bus stop cool and inspiring and uplifting as opposed to just a bench?
- I mean, you know, having spent time in sort of Italy and Spain, France, you just don't see people having snacks at a bus stop.
Examples
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The office was near a bus stop, and on a very rainy day, the people waiting for the bus moved to take shelter under the awning.
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I saw the yellow pull up and park in the bus stop on the corner.
Fiction book (1994) -
We meet at the bus stop first thing Friday morning.
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We must get you to your bus stop.
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I met them on the way to the bus stop.
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I went the wrong way from the bus stop.
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I got up one morning, made breakfast, went to the bus stop, got on a bus.
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I was waiting at the bus stop to take my independent steps downtown.
Fiction book (1996) -
There is a bus stop behind the gas station up on Silvertree.
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Jason waited at the bus stop for Laura, hoping she'll be on time.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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A place where a vehicle like a bus pauses on a route
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A place where buses stop and people wait to get on or off
A marked place where buses or trains stop to pick up and drop off passengers
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place where buses regularly stop' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bus' (a vehicle) with 'stop' (a place where a vehicle pauses). This noun–noun/compound pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows basic English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Bus stop comes from the simple picture of a bus and a stop — a marked place where a bus pulls over so people can 'get on and off'. So today bus stop means 'a place along a bus route where buses regularly stop for passengers'.