Meaning

12 senses
  1. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.

    Straße

    доро́гаdoróga, путьputʹ

    доро́гаdoróha, шляхšljax, путьputʹ

  2. (uncountable)Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.

    We travelled to the seaside by road.

    This car really hugs the road.

  3. (dated)A physical way or route.

    a way or means to achieve something

  4. (figuratively)A path chosen, as in life or career.

    the road to happiness; the road to success.

    путьputʹ

  5. An underground tunnel in a mine.

  6. (UK, US)A single railroad track (railway track).

  7. (usually plural)A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.

  8. A hard, flat pitch, typically favourable for batters.

  9. (US, archaic)A railroad.

  10. (obsolete)The act of riding on horseback.

  11. (obsolete)A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.

  12. (obsolete)A journey, or stage of a journey.

Examples

2709 sentences
  1. Take the road on the right.

    Поверни на дорогу справа.

    ruПоверните на дорогу справа.

    deNehmen Sie die rechte Straße.

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  2. This road goes to the park.

    Ця дорога веде до парку.

    ruЭта дорога идёт до парка.

    deDiese Straße führt zum Park.

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  3. Am I on the right road?

    Я на тій дорозі?

    ruЯ на той дороге?

    deBin ich auf dem richtigen Weg?

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  4. We walked slowly along the road.

    Ми повільно йшли шляхом.

    deWir gingen langsam die Straße entlang.

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  5. I saw him crossing the road.

    Я бачив, як він переходив вулицю.

    ruЯ видел, как он переходил через дорогу.

    deIch sah ihn die Straße überqueren.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a way for travel:
Русский
By meaning 1
a way for travel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a way for travel:

Origin

From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile i

From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion”), from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“a ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”). Doublet of raid, acquired from Scots. Cognates include West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway).

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Forms

plural: roads
Singularroad

uncountable

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation:route

Word family

221 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on the road
  • of the road
  • cross the road
  • the road was
  • off the road
  • across the road
  • down the road
  • on this road
  • crossing the road
  • road up ahead
  • hit the road
  • the right road

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
road — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto