on-ramp

Or on·ramp

[on-ramp, awn-]

noun

1. an entrance lane for traffic from a street to a turnpike or freeway.

on-ramp

noun

1. a ramp that provides access to the specified part of a road system

   an interstate highway on-ramp

2. a method of accessing a service or facility

   an important on-ramp to the on-line world

Word History and Origins

Origin of on-ramp¹

By analogy with off-ramp

Example Sentences

Sprawled on a sidewalk near a freeway on-ramp, a man calling himself “Rabbit” was panhandling for money accompanied by his two beagle-pit bull mixes, Pooh Bear and Piglet.

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Wedged into an industrial area crowded with storage facilities and warehouses beneath an on-ramp to the 405 Freeway, the space, home to the Culver City Football Club, was refurbished to include mini indoor and outdoor turf fields, a putting green and a life-size chess set.

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The pause ended as of October 2023, but the Biden administration provided a one-year “on-ramp” during which missed or delayed payments wouldn’t show up in borrowers’ credit reports.

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People squeezed through holes in fences that were blocking the freeway on-ramp near Commercial Street.

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The company’s goal is to make its app “a daily habit,” its chief financial officer told Sportico in the piece announcing the Ticketmaster deal, and explained it like this: “So you wake up every day, you check the scores from last night. This will also allow you to buy your favorite merch, play games and have an on-ramp into our betting experience and our collectibles experience.”

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