Definitions for roads
roads

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. roads, roadstead(noun)

   a partly sheltered anchorage

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1. Roads

   Roads is a short novel by author Seabury Quinn. It was published by Arkham House in 1948 in an edition of 2,137 copies. It was Arkham House's first illustrated book and the author's first hardcover. The story, in an unrevised edition, originally appeared in the January 1938 issue of Weird Tales magazine. Roads is a Christmas story that traces the origins of Santa Claus from the beginning of the Christian era. The story is split into three parts: ⁕"The Road to Bethlehem" ⁕"The Road to Calvary" ⁕"The Long, Long Road" Roads was reissued in 2005 by Red Jacket Press, as a fully authorized facsimile reproduction of the original Arkham House edition.

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1. roads

   Plural form of the word road.

   A number of roads leading onto the motorway all had their signage upgraded over the course of a year.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 20, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'roads' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2797

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'roads' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1616

How to pronounce roads?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of roads in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of roads in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of roads in a Sentence

1. Aparna Roy:

   We lost huge amounts of our agriculture land, which is lain barren, useless. We lost a lot of our hospital buildings which stopped functioning during the pandemic because of the damage done from flooding after the cyclone struck. Roads, connectivity, transportation, everything was damaged.

2. Mike Doherty:

   Some may quibble over how much more New Jersey spends on our highways than other states, but nobody disputes that we do spend more than everyone else, with New Jersey drivers already shouldering such a heavy tax and toll burden, it’s imperative that we find out why millions we spend on our roads get us so little in return.

3. Jan Maarten de Vries:

   By the end of 2015 we want to have new high-precision maps for automated driving for all freeways and freeway-like roads in Germany.

4. Richard Isaacson:

   People can take different roads to Alzheimer's disease, this paper helps to provide an evidence-based framework for doctors and patients to consider when managing a person's Alzheimer's risk.

5. Ira Mehlman:

   It is simply bad public policy to be spending public funds at a time when everyone is strapped for cash and cannot fund the money for vital services. Even if they are relatively small funders, they are directing much-needed resources from schools and roads to meet the political desires of lawmakers.

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