What does highway mean?
Definitions for highway
ˈhaɪˌweɪhigh·way
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word highway.
Princeton's WordNet
highway, main roadnoun
a major road for any form of motor transport
Wiktionary
highwaynoun
A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.
highwaynoun
Any public road for vehicular traffic.
Etymology: From heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from heahweg, corresponding to :
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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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 Dictionary
Highwaynoun
a road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare
Wikidata
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 Contribution
highway
A type of road.
The highway flowed freely.
Submitted by MaryC on March 18, 2020
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'highway' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4352
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Rank popularity for the word 'highway' in Nouns Frequency: #2406
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of highway in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of highway in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of highway in a Sentence
The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practised, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. . . . God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.
I love driving my car on any highway.
We have no doubt that the data that the ministry of transport used in order to justify the construction of the highway are fabricated.
I was staring him down like, ‘How are you so calm, it’s 50 degrees, you’re naked going highway speeds and calm as can be.
That’s why we built 285, y’ all, it’s the bypass. This morning, Atlanta’s MARTA transit system increased rail services to accommodate the expected increase in travelers. By mid-day MARTA CEO Keith Parker was reporting a 25 percent surge in ridership. With highway capacity already at a premium, the I-85 closure comes at a time of peak demand. This weekend, spring break gets underway for many area school students. And Friday evening, the Atlanta Braves will inaugurate their new stadium with a preseason game. During construction of the new stadium, critics questioned the impact the facility would have on traffic at its location near the junction of I-285 and I-75 in suburban Cobb County. Now that I-75 is the only northbound interstate out of downtown Atlanta, traffic plans will be put to the test. Despite the inconvenience, some residents and officials are putting Thursday’s disaster in perspective.
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Translations for highway
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- الطريق السريع, طريق, طريق عامArabic
- şoseAzerbaijani
- автострада, автомагистралаBulgarian
- রাজপথBengali
- dálniceCzech
- prifforddWelsh
- motorvejDanish
- HauptstraßeGerman
- αυτοκινητόδρομοςGreek
- ŝoseoEsperanto
- carreteraSpanish
- بزرگراهPersian
- päätie, valtatieFinnish
- grande routeFrench
- mórbhóthar, mórbhealachIrish
- ard-raadManx
- כְּבִיש מַהִיר, אוטוסטרדהHebrew
- autópálya, országútHungarian
- խճուղիArmenian
- þjóðvegur, hraðbrautIcelandic
- via maestra, strada maestra, autostradaItalian
- 公道, 街道, 公路Japanese
- გზატკეცილიGeorgian
- ផ្លូវធំKhmer
- 공로Korean
- SchnellstrossenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ທາງຫຼວງLao
- huarahi, huanuiMāori
- lebuh raya, jalan rayaMalay
- autostrade, snelweg, autosnelwegDutch
- motorvei, motorvegNorwegian
- autostradaPolish
- rodoviaPortuguese
- șosea, autostradăRomanian
- магистраль, автострада, шоссеRussian
- diaľnicaSlovak
- avtocestaSlovene
- motorvägSwedish
- anayol, otoban, otoyolTurkish
- mwaisse voye, grand-rote, cwate-bindesWalloon
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