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Princeton's WordNet

  1. roads, roadsteadnoun

    a partly sheltered anchorage

Wikipedia

  1. roads

    A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths (cycle paths), and shared-use paths.

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  1. roads

    Roads are dedicated pathways or routes designed primarily for vehicular travel, enabling transportation and connection between different geographical locations. They are typically paved and maintained by governmental or local entities and include necessary infrastructural elements such as bridges, tunnels, traffic signals, or signage.

Wikidata

  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.

Editors Contribution

  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  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROADS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Roads is ranked #44730 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Roads surname appeared 480 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Roads.

    86.6% or 416 total occurrences were White.
    8.3% or 40 total occurrences were Black.
    2.9% or 14 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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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

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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. Raj Nair:

    During the next five years, we will move to migrate driver-assist technologies across our product lineup to help make our roads safer and continue to increase automated driving capability.

  2. Bill Saffo:

    Any direction you try coming into the city -- from 20 to 40 miles out, roads are impassable, anyone trying to get in here -- don't try. You will be turned away.

  3. Alexander Pama:

    Initially, we are getting many houses were destroyed, power lines toppled and trees blocking major roads.

  4. Hannah Cloke:

    Red means you need to act now because there is an imminent danger to life, winds of 70 mph will uproot trees, which can block roads and crush cars or buildings. They can pick up roof tiles and hurl them around. If you're hit by one of those you will be seriously hurt or killed. Wind that strong will sweep people and vehicles off streets, and topple electricity lines.

  5. Kenenisa Bekele:

    I'm looking forward to racing Eliud Kipchoge again, we have had many great battles over the years on the track, roads and cross-country.

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