highway system
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈhaɪweɪ ˈsɪstəm/
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sistema de carreteras
- With the planned interstate highway system completed, our biggest transportation problems are at the metropolitan scale.
- the interstate highway system
- the national highway system
- expand the highway system
Just like developing a highway system in a city.
- Just like developing a highway system in a city.
- If you, if you block some of the roads in such a highway system, there's usually detours around the blocked roads.
- Maybe the Rozzy people know, you know why Eisenhower created the Interstate Highway System?
- South cars made life much easier, but the highway system destroyed, I don't know how much arable land.
Examples
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How does the U.S. highway system compare to the highway systems of other countries?
Academic text (2012) -
User fees absolutely do not cover the full costs of the highway system.
Blog text (2) -
Since 1956, building the interstate highway system has been the primary focus of federal transportation policy.
Blog text (22) -
National and state policies tended to expand the highway system, but their effect tended to be felt at the regional and local scales.
Academic text (2012) -
Without an extensively developed highway system, individual geographic regions tend to be isolated, and human population movement is restricted.
Academic text (2013) -
When the highway system arrived in the 1920s, the nexus of Highways 61 and 49 met at Clarksdale.
Academic text (2018) -
The U.S. highway system facilitates long-distance travel between major cities.
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Many states are investing in their highway system to improve road safety and traffic efficiency.
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The highway system in Europe offers well-maintained roads for quick journeys across countries.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'network of major roads' is directly derivable from 'highway' (a road designed for long-distance vehicle travel) combined with 'system' (a connected collection of components). This transparent compositional pattern is common across languages and should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Highway system comes from the simple picture of main highways joined into one organised system, like a net of long roads running between towns. That's why it means 'a network of major roads that connects cities and regions'.