highway
A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfareA main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
» There is a traffic jam on the highway.
Es ist Stau auf der Autobahn. — Yorwba
Auf der Autobahn gibt es Stau. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
На шоссе затор. — marafon
На шосе затор. — deniko
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5 sensesA main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
Hauptstraße, Chaussee, Autobahn
шоссе́šossɛ́, магистра́льmagistrálʹ, автостра́даavtostráda
шосе́šosé, магістра́льmahistrálʹ, автошля́хavtošljáx
Any public road.
a major road for any form of motor transport
(figuratively)A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny.
You're on a highway to greatness.
Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).
(archaic)A road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits.
Examples
246 sentencesThere is a traffic jam on the highway.
На шосе затор. — deniko
ruНа шоссе затор. — marafon
deEs ist Stau auf der Autobahn. — Yorwba
The accident took place on the highway.
ruАвария произошла на автомагистрали. — marafon
deDer Unfall geschah auf der Autobahn. — Yorwba
I enjoyed driving on the new highway.
He maintained a steady speed on the highway.
Yesterday, there was a terrible accident on the highway.
ruВчера была страшная авария на шоссе. — Selena777
deGestern ist es auf der Autobahn zu einem schrecklichen Unfall gekommen. — Waldelfe
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Origin
From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corFrom Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high + way. Compare highgate, high street, high road.
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