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noun British.

divided highway.

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Origin of dual carriageway

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby dual carriageway

dual, Duala, Dual Alliance, dual-band, dual-carb, dual carriageway, dual citizen, dual citizenship, dual heritage, dual highway, dualism

How to use dual carriageway in a sentence

In short, Maduro is now facing dual crises: One economic, the other of legitimacy.
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The dual message was that black people were dirty and dangerous.
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Leading citizens, cited to appear before the American authorities, persistently declined to take any part in a dual régime.
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Married a dozen years ago, for a second time, to the doctor, they seemed still to be at the first months of their dual happiness.
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It was doubtless agreed that they should form a dual alliance, absolute and exclusive.
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The dual league of emperors appeared to the world stronger and more illustrious than before.
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It is necessary in this connexion to understand the dual character of the German Monarchist party since the ending of the war.
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British Dictionary definitions for dual carriageway

dual carriageway

noun

British a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a central strip of turf, etcUS and Canadian name: divided highway

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