Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Containing multiple items.
The legislature enacted an omnibus appropriations bill.
(not comparable)Of a transportation service, calling at every station, as opposed to express; local.
More definitions
- providing for many things at once
Examples
1 sentencesAn omnibus of Tom Jackson's work will be released on October 20.
Origin
Borrowed from French (voiture) omnibus (“(carriage) for all”), from Latin omnibus (“for alBorrowed from French (voiture) omnibus (“(carriage) for all”), from Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”).
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