Definitions for HIGHWAY
ˈhaɪˌweɪhigh·way

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. highway, main roadnoun

   a major road for any form of motor transport

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. highwaynoun

   A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.

2. highwaynoun

   Any public road for vehicular traffic.

3. Etymology: From heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from heahweg, corresponding to :

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Highwaynoun

   Great road; publick path.

   Etymology: high and way.

   So few there be
   That chuse the narrow path, or seek the right:
   All keep the broad highway, and take delight
   With many rather for to go astray. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   Two inscriptions give a great light to the histories of Appius, who made the highway, and of Fabius the dictator. Addison.

   Ent’ring on a broad highway,
   Where power and titles scatter’d lay,
   He strove to pick up all he found. Jonathan Swift.

   I could mention more trades we have lost, and are in the highway to lose. Josiah Child, on Trade.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. highway

   A highway is a main public road or thoroughfare designed for fast and heavy traffic, typically connecting cities and towns. It is larger than a street or road and often has multiple lanes to facilitate high-speed travel. Highways may be controlled-access with no stopping permitted, called motorways or freeways, or may allow for direct access to the properties beside them.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. Highwaynoun

   a road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Highway

   A highway is any public road or other public way on land; the term exists in distinction to waterway. In North American and Australian English, the term frequently implies a major road such as a controlled-access highway or an arterial, generally under the control of a state or provincial agency instead of a local road authority. In British English, highway is primarily a legal term, and normal usage implies roads, while legal usage covers any route or path with a public right of access, including footpaths etc. The term has led to several related derived terms, including highway system, highway code, and highway patrol.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. highway

   A type of road.

   The highway flowed freely.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 18, 2020  

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1. highway

   Song lyrics by highway -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by highway on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. • Road

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HIGHWAY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4352

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HIGHWAY' in Nouns Frequency: #2406

How to pronounce HIGHWAY?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Tessa

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How to say HIGHWAY in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of HIGHWAY in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of HIGHWAY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of HIGHWAY in a Sentence

1. Claire Hockridge:

   During the day, the group dug a hole underneath the car to stay cool and then slept in the vehicle at night, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. During that time period, the trio survived on six liters of water, 10 cans of iced vodka, a packet of biscuitsand some beef noodles. After running out of supplies, they left a note on the car and made their way to the watering hole. In this image made from video, an advertisement for the campsite line the roadside where a woman was found after being stranded in the Alice Springs area in the central Australian Outback. ( Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP) Tamra McBeath-Riley said Tamra McBeath-Riley decided to stay at the waterhole with Tamra McBeath-Riley Staffordshire terrierbecause Tamra McBeath-Riley did not think the dog would survive a walk to the Stuart Highway, which connects Australias north and south coasts. The group of women did not know if anyone was looking for them. When the helicopter found me, I thought that Claire Hockridge and Phu Tran had reached Stuart Highway, stuart Highway was Stuart Highway. So to find thats not the case is worrying.

2. Jody Culham:

   She is missing a piece of brain tissue about the size of an apple at the back of her brain – almost her entire occipital lobes, which process vision, we think the ‘super-highway’ for the visual system reached a dead end. But rather than shutting down her whole visual system, she developed some ‘back roads’ that could bypass the superhighway to bring some vision – especially motion – to other parts of the brain.

3. Satish Sharma:

   The body was recovered on April 6 by the side of a highway and according to a post mortem report, the girl was sexually assaulted and murdered on April 5.

4. Chris Valasek:

   When I saw we could do it anywhere, over the Internet, I freaked out, that's a vehicle on a highway in the middle of the country. Car hacking got real, right then.

5. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell:

   Both parties know that a long-term highway bill is in the best interest of our country. So we'll continue working together to get a good one passed, i'm hopeful we will.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=HIGHWAY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Highway
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=HIGHWAY
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/HIGHWAY
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=HIGHWAY