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- [hahy-wey]
- /ˈhaɪˌweɪ/
- /ˈhaɪweɪ/
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- [hahy-wey]
- /ˈhaɪˌweɪ/
Definitions of highway word
- noun highway a main road, especially one between towns or cities: the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle. 1
- noun highway any public road or waterway. 1
- noun highway any main or ordinary route, track, or course. 1
- noun highway A main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities. 1
- noun highway major road 1
- noun highway route to sth 1
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Origin of highway
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English heyewei, Old English heiweg. See high, way1
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Parts of speech for Highway
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
highway popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
highway usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for highway
noun highway
- roadway — the land over which a road is built; a road together with the land at its edge.
- boulevard — A boulevard is a wide street in a city, usually with trees along each side.
- thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
- track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
Antonyms for highway
Top questions with highway
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