Definition von road

Häufigkeit

road

(roʊd )

Wortformen:plural roads

1. zählbares Substantiv [oft in names, oft by NOUN]

A road is a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other.

There was very little traffic on the roads.

We just go straight up the Bristol Road.

He was coming down the road the same time as the girl was turning into the lane.

Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road.

...road accidents.

Synonyme:roadway, street, highway, motorway Weitere Synonyme von road

2. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular]

The road to a particular result is the means of achieving it or the process of achieving it.

We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to recovery. [+ to]

to hit the road

on the road

6. the end of the road

Weitere Synonyme von road

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Häufigkeit

road in American

(roʊd ; rōd)

Substantiv

a way made for traveling between places, esp. distant places, by automobile, horseback, etc.; highway

a way; path; course

the road to fortune

3. US

railroad

4. [often pl.]

roadstead

Adjektiv

5. Sport

designating a game or having to do with games played on another team's field, court, etc.

a road trip

Redewendungen:

Wortherkunft von road

ME rode, a riding < OE rad, a ride, traveling on horseback, way; akin to ridan, to ride

Häufigkeit

road in British

(rəʊd )

Substantiv

an open way, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete, providing passage from one place to another

(as modifier)

road traffic

a road map

a road sign

(in combination)

the roadside

a street

(capital when part of a name)

London Road

a. US short for railroad

b. British

one of the tracks of a railway

a way, path, or course

the road to fame

5. Also called: roadstead (often plural) nautical

a partly sheltered anchorage

a drift or tunnel in a mine, esp a level one

7. hit the road

8. on the road

9. take the road

10. one for the road

Abgeleitete Formen

roadless (ˈroadless)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von road

Old English rād; related to rīdan to ride, and to Old Saxon rēda, Old Norse reith

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