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highway

[ hahy-wey ]

noun

  1. a main road, especially one between towns or cities:

    the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. any public road or waterway.
  3. any main or ordinary route, track, or course.


highway

/ ˈɪˌɱɪ /

noun

  1. a public road that all may use
  2. law a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities
  3. a main route for any form of transport
  4. a direct path or course
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of highway1

before 900; Middle English heyewei, Old English heiweg. See high, way 1
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It was much the same along the highway leading away from the coast, where village after village showed signs of violence.

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Before 1969, University Avenue in Riverside was a busy highway, part of U.S.

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Ahead of COP, there has been criticism of Brazil from conservationists for cutting down tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest to build a new four-lane highway in preparation for the climate summit.

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On the route into the city, people sat clustered under trees on the central reservation of the highway, trying to get some relief from the hot sun.

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The fire jumped the highway and was threatening “multiple structures,” Cal Fire BDU said in a post on X at about 4 p.m.

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