highway

[hahy-wey]

noun

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

   the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.

   Synonyms: interstate, thruway, freeway, expressway

2. any public road or waterway.

3. any main or ordinary route, track, or course.

highway

/ ˈhaɪˌweɪ /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of highway¹

before 900; Middle English heyewei, Old English heiweg. See high, way ¹

Example Sentences

The consultation also asks people what services should be the focus for savings - including areas like social care, highways, libraries and schools.

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The feature will start on highways, allowing drivers to do something else when the system is engaged.

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Sixty-three people have died after several vehicles crashed on a highway in Uganda, police said on Wednesday.

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“It kind of feels like gold just hit an unexpected pothole on an otherwise open highway,” Adam Koos, president and senior financial adviser at Libertas Wealth Management Group, told MarketWatch on Tuesday.

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“Firing live rounds over a busy highway isn’t just wrong — it’s dangerous,” Newsom said in a news release issued just after 7 a.m.

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Related Words

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• avenue 
• boulevard 
• freeway 
• interstate 
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• roadway 
• street 
• superhighway 
• thoroughfare 
• track 
• turnpike